Joshua 8:23

Took alive — Reserving him to a more ignominious punishment.

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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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. The king of Ai they took alive - to be reserved for a more ignominious death,...
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...
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

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. Ver. 23. And the king of Ai they took alive. ] His preservation was but a reservati...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They entered and set the city on fire That is, some part of it, sufficient to raise a smoke, and give notice to their brethren of their success. Bu...
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

Reserving him to a peculiar and more ignominious punishment, for the terror of the other kings, who were the chief causes of all that opposition and...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.' The general who had initially been so successful and who had finally led to def...
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 the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua, who was to rule regarding his disposal.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:8 ; Joshua 10:17 ; Joshua 8:29 ; Revelation 19:20

²³ And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 8:23

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 8:23