Joshua 8:28

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for (l) ever, [even] a desolation unto this day.

(l) That it could never be built again.

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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 Josh...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heap. Its only name to-day is "Tell". the Heap.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. Unto this day - This last clause was probably added by a later...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 28. And Joshua burnt Ai, &c.— After giving up the city to plunder, according to the express command of God, Joshua caused it to be bur...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

An heap for ever. — Heb., Tel-ôlam; modern name, Et-tel.
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Enemy Completely Destroyed Joshua 8:18-29 Joshua's preparations were skillfully made, and in that very place where Israel had been so disas...
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 immediatel...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The sacred historian relates in those verses, the improvement which Israel made of their victory; and a glorious one it was; because there was nothin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joshua burnt Ai ,.... The whole city, fire being only set before to a few houses, to make a smoke as a signal; he did with it as he had done wit...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, [even] a desolation unto this day. Ver. 28. And Joshua burnt Ai. ] See Trapp on " Jos 8:8...
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 Joshu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the in...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For ever, or, for a long time, as that word oft signifies, as Genesis 6:3 Isaiah 42:14 ; for that it was after some ages rebuilt, may seem fro...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap (a mound - ‘tel') for ever, even a desolation to this day.' This must have been written before the later r...
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 th...
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 t...
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 d...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ai Taken and Destroyed
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an heap forever, a heap of ashes and broken stones, even a desolation unto this day; its ruins were still visible...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 19:25 ; Deuteronomy 13:16 ; Isaiah 17:1 ; Isaiah 25:2 ; Jeremiah 49:2 ; Jeremiah 50:26 ; Jeremiah 9:11 ; Joshua 4:9 ; Micah 3:12

²⁸ And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 8:28

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 8:28