Joshua 8:16

וַיִּזָּעֲקוּ כָּל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בעיר לִרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיִּנָּתְקוּ מִן ־ הָעִֽיר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

In Context

15וַיִּנָּֽגְעוּ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיָּנֻסוּ דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּֽר ׃

17וְלֹֽא ־ נִשְׁאַר אִישׁ בָּעַי וּבֵית אֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יָצְאוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעַזְבוּ אֶת ־ הָעִיר פְּתוּחָה וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ פ

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Cross References

Judges 20:31וַיֵּצְאוּ בְנֵֽי ־ בִנְיָמִן לִקְרַאת הָעָם הָנְתְּקוּ מִן ־ הָעִיר וַיָּחֵלּוּ לְהַכּוֹת מֵהָעָם חֲלָלִים כְּפַעַם ׀ בְּפַעַם בַּֽמְסִלּוֹת אֲשֶׁר אַחַת עֹלָה בֵֽית ־ אֵל וְאַחַת גִּבְעָתָה בַּשָּׂדֶה כִּשְׁלֹשִׁים אִישׁ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

Psalms 9:16טָבְעוּ גוֹיִם בְּשַׁחַת עָשׂוּ בְּרֶֽשֶׁת ־ זוּ טָמָנוּ נִלְכְּדָה רַגְלָֽם ׃

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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