Joshua 8:17

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Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city unguarded and pursued Israel.

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  • Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through his land, for the LORD your God had hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, so that He might deliver him into your hands, as has now happened.
  • Josh 8:3 : 3 So Joshua and all the fighting men rose to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor and sent them out by night.
  • Josh 8:24-25 : 24 When Israel finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field and in the wilderness where they had pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword until they were completely destroyed, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword. 25 On that day, twelve thousand men and women, all the people of Ai, fell.
  • Josh 11:20 : 20 For it was the LORD's purpose to harden their hearts to engage in battle with Israel, so that they would be utterly destroyed, receiving no mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Job 5:13 : 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.
  • Isa 19:11-13 : 11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; Pharaoh's wisest counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, 'I am a descendant of the wise, a son of ancient kings'? 12 Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and make known what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. They have led Egypt astray, the cornerstone of its tribes.

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  • Josh 8:9-16
    8 verses
    88%

    9So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush site, remaining between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai. Joshua spent that night among the people.

    10Joshua rose early in the morning, mustered the people, and he and the elders of Israel went up before the people to Ai.

    11All the fighting men who were with him went up and approached the city. They camped to the north of Ai, with the valley between them and the city.

    12He took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

    13The people positioned all the camp to the north of the city, while a rear guard was placed to the west of the city. That night, Joshua went into the valley.

    14When the king of Ai saw this, he and all his men of the city hurried and rose early, going out to meet Israel in battle at the appointed place near the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush was set against him behind the city.

    15Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled toward the wilderness.

    16All the people of Ai were summoned to pursue them. They chased after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

  • Josh 8:18-28
    11 verses
    82%

    18The Lord said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." So Joshua stretched out the javelin in his hand toward the city.

    19As soon as he stretched out his hand, the ambush rose quickly from their position, ran into the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

    20When the men of Ai looked back, they saw the smoke of the city rising to the sky, and they had no power to flee in any direction. The Israelites who had fled toward the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.

    21When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city and that its smoke was rising, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

    22The others came out from the city to meet them, so the men of Ai were surrounded by the Israelites, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivors or fugitives were left.

    23But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

    24When Israel finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field and in the wilderness where they had pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword until they were completely destroyed, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.

    25On that day, twelve thousand men and women, all the people of Ai, fell.

    26Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he had stretched out the javelin until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

    27Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for themselves, according to the word of the Lord that He commanded Joshua.

    28So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

  • Josh 7:2-5
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    76%

    2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven to the east of Bethel, and said to them, "Go up and scout out the land." So the men went up and explored Ai.

    3When they returned to Joshua, they said, "Not everyone needs to go up. About two or three thousand men are enough to attack Ai. Do not make all the people toil there, for the population is small."

    4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

    5The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them. They chased them from the city gate as far as the quarries and struck them down on the slopes. At this, the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

  • Josh 8:1-6
    6 verses
    74%

    1The Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid or dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you and go up to Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land."

    2"Do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. However, you may take its spoil and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city, behind it."

    3So Joshua and all the fighting men rose to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor and sent them out by night.

    4He commanded them, saying, "Behold, you are to lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go far from the city, but all of you stay ready."

    5"I and all the people with me will approach the city, and when they come out to meet us as they did before, we will flee before them."

    6"They will chase after us until we lure them away from the city, for they will say, 'They are running away from us as they did before.' So we will flee before them."

  • Josh 11:8
    74%

    8The LORD gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them as far as Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpeh to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

  • Josh 11:14
    73%

    14The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.

  • Josh 10:30
    73%

    30The LORD gave Libnah into Israel's hands, along with its king. Joshua put the city and everyone in it to the sword, leaving no survivors. He treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 10:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19But as for you, do not stop! Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands.”

    20So Joshua and the Israelites completely defeated them with a great slaughter, almost wiping them out. But a few survivors managed to retreat to their fortified cities.

  • Josh 11:19
    72%

    19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle.

  • Judg 20:42
    71%

    42They fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness, but they were overtaken, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them.

  • Josh 11:22
    71%

    22No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.

  • Judg 4:16
    71%

    16Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoyim, and the entire army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.

  • Josh 12:9
    71%

    9The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

  • 1 Sam 14:22
    71%

    22When all the Israelites who had hidden in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in hot pursuit.

  • Josh 10:8
    71%

    8And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. I have given them into your hand; not one of them will be able to stand against you.”

  • Josh 10:39-40
    2 verses
    70%

    39They captured it, its king, and all its villages. They struck them with the edge of the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Hebron, to Libnah, and its king.

    40So Joshua conquered the whole country—the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes—along with all their kings. He left no survivors but devoted every living thing to destruction, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

  • Josh 10:15
    70%

    15Then Joshua, along with all Israel, returned to the camp at Gilgal.

  • 2 Chr 8:7
    70%

    7All the people who were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites,

  • 2 Sam 17:12
    70%

    12'We will come upon him wherever he is found, and we will fall on him like dew settling on the ground. Not even one of his men will survive.'