Joshua 8:21

And Joshua saw, and all Israel, that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city went up; and he turned again, and killed the men of Ai. (And Joshua, and all of Israel, saw that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city went up; and then they turned, and killed the men of Ai.)

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In The King James Version

And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

In Context

20Forsooth the men of the city, that pursued Joshua, beheld, and saw the smoke of the (ir) city ascend till to (the) heaven (s); and they might no more flee hither and thither; most (ly) since they that had feigned flight, and went to (the) wilderness, withstood strongliest against the pursuers (or now strongly withstood their pursuers).

22And also those men that had taken and burnt the city, went out of the city against their enemies, and they began to smite the middle men of their enemies, (or And those men who had taken and set the city afire, now came out of the city against their enemies, and they began to strike down the enemies who were in their midst); and when their adversaries were slain behind and before, so that no man of so great [a] multitude was saved,

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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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