Joshua 7:4

So about three thousand men marched up. But they ran away from the men of Ai.

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In The King James Version

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

In Context

3and came back to Joshua, saying, “All the nation need not go up. Let only about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make all the nation toil up there, for there are few people at Ai.”

5The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, and chased them from their gates as far as Shebarim, killing some others at the descent. The hearts of Israel trembled and became weak as water,

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Cross References

Psalms 89:43You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:2-6

The Sin of Achan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and… Read the whole commentary →

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