Joshua 8:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. ”

Joshua 8:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joshua and all Israel (g) made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. (g) As they who pretended to flee for fear.
Joshua 8:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Capture of Ai. Here we have the second and the successful attempt to take Ai. That two accounts have been combined is obvious. In Joshua 8:3 Joshua sends 30,000 men as an ambuscade against the ci...
Joshua 8:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made as if they were beaten. The only form of the verb in the Hebrew Bible.
Joshua 8:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten, etc This is another stratagem. By pretending flight they draw off the enemy to a distance, leaving them no retreat afterwards into...
Joshua 8:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Joshua 8:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 15. And Joshua and all Israel, &c.— As soon as the king of Ai appeared in the field, Joshua executed his plan; he caused his men to give ground, who fled (as Mr. Chais renders it) t...
Joshua 8:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them. The pretended flight i...
Joshua 8:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Conquest of Ai. The Covenant confirmed upon Mt. Ebal 1-29. The Taking of Ai. Edersheim explains that Joshua detailed a corps of 30,000 men, of whom 5,000 were placed W. of Ai in a wood. The 25...
Joshua 8:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVI. THE CAPTURE OF AI. Joshua 8:1-29 . JOSHUA, having dealt faithfully with the case of Achan, whose sin had intercepted the favour of God, is again encouraged, and directed to renew,...
Joshua 8:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ai Again Attacked Joshua 8:1-17 Now that the evil was put away, the people were assured of victory. “I have given,” etc . But the assurance of faith is not inconsistent with the call for act...
Joshua 8:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the result of the severity of the discipline exercised in the case of Achan, the nation returned to obedience, and consequently Jehovah immediately uttered the word of reassurance to Joshua and th...
Joshua 8:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over, in a short remark, the mercy of the Lord vouchsafed Israel in this victory, to call the Reader's attention, to the manner in which the Lord was pleased to appoint the victory should be o...
Joshua 8:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them ,.... Or smitten, as some of them might be in the pursuit: and fled by the way of the wilderness ; not a barren desert, but, accor...
Joshua 8:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Ver. 15. Made as if they were beaten. ] See Joshua 8:2 . So Solomon made as if he would...
Joshua 8:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All Israel made as if they were beaten That is, they fled from them, as it were for fear of a second blow. The wilderness Which lay between Ai and Jericho, whither they now seemed to flee. All t...
Joshua 8:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AI TOTALLY DESTROYED (vs.1-29) Now the Lord gives explicit instructions to Joshua as to attacking Ai. How different these were to the plans Joshua used at first! God tells Joshua not to be afraid...
Joshua 8:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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, B...
Joshua 8:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Made as if they were beaten before them, i.e. fled from them, as it were for fear of a second blow; and peradventure some of them might be wounded, though none were killed, and might make that the...
Joshua 8:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.' Joshua wanted them well away from their strongpoint and so he and the army pretended t...
Joshua 8:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 8:3 . Thirty thousand … and sent them away] Probably 30,000 was the entire number chosen to operate against Ai, and of these 5000 were sent, as stated in Joshua 8:12 , to...
Joshua 8:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 8:4 . Ye shall lie in wait: la ruse du guerre. The craft of war is lawful, if war itself be lawful; and experience is often of more avail than strength. Joshua 8:25 . Twelve thousand. H...
Joshua 8:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

So Joshua arose, and all the people of war. All the people at work for Jesus I. Consider the advice of the spies which led to such a shameful defeat ( Joshua 7:3 ). 1. Here we shall have to...
Joshua 8:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE CAPTURE OF AI .— Joshua 8:1 Fear not. Joshua was down cast at his former failure, and well he might. "Treacherous Israelites are to be dreaded more than malicious C...
Joshua 8:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ai Taken and Destroyed
Joshua 8:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 18:12
Joshua 8:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Conquest of Ai Joshua 8:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Christian conquest depends upon a clean heart. When the Children of Israel went against Ai the first time, they fled in dismay. The reaso...
Joshua 8:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Made as if they were beaten — That is, fled from them, as it were for fear of a second blow. The wilderness — Which lay between Ai and Jericho, whither they now seemed to flee.

Joshua 8:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 8:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 8:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 8:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 8:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 8:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 8:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 8:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 8:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 8:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 8:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 8:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 8:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 8:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 8:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 8:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes