Joshua 8:26
For Ioshua drewe not his hande backe againe which he had stretched out with the speare, vntill hee had vtterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
25And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelue thousande, euen all the men of Ai.
Cross References
Exodus 17:11And when Moses helde vp his hande, Israel preuailed: but when he let his hande downe, Amalek preuailed.
Exodus 17:13And Ioshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 8:18Then the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Stretch out the speare that is in thine hande, towarde Ai: for I wil giue it into thine hand: and Ioshua stretched out the speare that hee had in his hand, toward the citie.
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 →