Joshua 8:25

A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.

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In The King James Version

And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

In Context

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.

26Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.

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Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:24-30

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Joshua drew not… Read the whole commentary →

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