Joshua 8:23

וְאֶת ־ מֶלֶךְ הָעַי תָּפְשׂוּ חָי וַיַּקְרִבוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל ־ יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22וְאֵלֶּה יָצְאוּ מִן ־ הָעִיר לִקְרָאתָם וַיִּֽהְיוּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בַּתָּוֶךְ אֵלֶּה מִזֶּה וְאֵלֶּה מִזֶּה וַיַּכּוּ אוֹתָם עַד ־ בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִֽיר ־ לוֹ שָׂרִיד וּפָלִֽיט ׃

24וַיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל לַהֲרֹג אֶת ־ כָּל ־ יֹשְׁבֵי הָעַי בַּשָּׂדֶה בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר רְדָפוּם בּוֹ וַֽיִּפְּלוּ כֻלָּם לְפִי ־ חֶרֶב עַד ־ תֻּמָּם וַיָּשֻׁבוּ כָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָעַי וַיַּכּוּ אֹתָהּ לְפִי ־ חָֽרֶב ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 10:17וַיֻּגַּד לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר נִמְצְאוּ חֲמֵשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים נֶחְבְּאִים בַּמְּעָרָה בְּמַקֵּדָֽה ׃

1 Samuel 15:8וַיִּתְפֹּשׂ אֶת ־ אֲגַג מֶֽלֶךְ ־ עֲמָלֵק חָי וְאֶת ־ כָּל ־ הָעָם הֶחֱרִים לְפִי ־ חָֽרֶב ׃

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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