Joshua 18:12
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...
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...
made as if they were beaten. The only form of the verb in the Hebrew 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...
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
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 gi...
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 th...
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...
By the way of the wilderness ] i.e. toward the Jordan valley.
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...
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...
As the result of the severity of the discipline exercised in the case of Achan, the nation returned to obedience, and consequently Jehovah immediatel...
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 L...
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 o...
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....
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 an...
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...
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 a...
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,...
‘ 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 th...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION THE CAPTURE OF AI .— Joshua 8:1 Fear not. Joshua was down cast at his former failure, and well he might. "Treacherous...
Ai Taken and Destroyed
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, they feigned fear and weakness, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
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...
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, whi...
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.