Joshua 8:26

Joshua never withdrew the hand that held his javelin until he had massacred all who lived in Ai.

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In The King James Version

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

In Context

25All the population of Ai fell that day, both men and women, twelve thousand in all.

27Only the Israelites took the spoils and cattle of the town for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:18Then said the Lord to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin in your hand towards Ai, for I put Ai in your power.”

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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