Joshua 8:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. ”

• Joshua 8:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night (c) among the people. (c) With the rest of the...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  between Beth-el and Ai. The place of Abraham's altar, Genesis 12:8 : so that the place where the promise of the Land was made, is the place where it began to be fulfilled. Abraham had come down...

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• Joshua 8:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

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• Joshua 8:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 3-9. So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, &c.— Joshua first detached from his army thirty thousand men, and charged them to go in the night-time and lie in ambush on the west si...

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• Joshua 8:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. Between Beth-el and A...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  They went to lie in ambush. — Or, they went to the lurking-place; and remained between Bethel and Ai. The ambush itself ( Joshua 8:2 ; Joshua 8:7 ; Joshua 8:19 ; Joshua 8:21 ) is described by...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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,...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  How beautiful to observe piety blended with valor. No doubt, after Joshua had arranged and formed the disposition of his army, according to the command of God, he retired to this valley, where he lod...

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• Joshua 8:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Joshua therefore sent them forth ,.... The thirty thousand chosen men: and they went to lie in ambush ; as they were ordered, Joshua 8:2 : and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of A...

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• Joshua 8:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. Ver. 9. Joshua therefore...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Sent them forth; the same party designed by the pronoun them , Joshua 8:3 , of which see the notes there. Among the people, Heb. that people , to wit, the people of war, as they are called,...

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• Joshua 8:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ Joshua therefore sent them out and they went to the ambush site and settled in between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai. But Joshua lodged that night among the people.' So the battle plan...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Preparations for the Taking Of Ai

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• Joshua 8:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezra 2:28 ; Genesis 12:8 ; Genesis 32:21 ; Joshua 7:2 ; Joshua 8:12 ; Nehemiah 7:32

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• Joshua 8:9 - 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...

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• Joshua 8:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Sent them — The same party. Among the people — Heb. that people, the people of war as they are called, Joshua 8:11 , that is, the main body of the host consisting of thirty thousand.

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