Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, 'Go up and spy the land;' and the men go up and spy Ai,
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Genesis 28:19and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.
Joshua 12:9The king of Jericho, one; The king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;
1 Samuel 13:5And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.
1 Kings 12:29And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,
Proverbs 20:18Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.
Isaiah 10:28He hath come in against Aiath, He hath passed over into Migron, At Michmash he looketh after his vessels.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:2-6
The Sin of Achan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and… Read the whole commentary →