Joshua 8:23

But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

In Context

22Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.

24When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:17And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

1 Samuel 15:8He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:4-23

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out… Read the whole commentary →

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