Joshua 8:23

And the King of Ai they tooke aliue, and brought him to Ioshua.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Also the other issued out of the citie against them: so were they in the middes of Israel, these being on the one side, and the rest on the other side: and they slewe them, so that they let none of them remaine nor escape.

24And when Israel had made an ende of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the fielde, that is, in the wildernesse, where they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sworde, vntill they were consumed, all the Israelites returned vnto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sworde.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:17And it was tolde Ioshua, saying, The fiue Kings are found hid in a caue at Makkedah.

1 Samuel 15:8And tooke Agag the King of the Amalekites aliue, and destroyed all the people with the edge of 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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