Verse 5

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 2:11 : 11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!
• Lev 26:36 : 36 “‘As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.
• Josh 2:9 : 9 She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.
• Deut 1:44 : 44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.
• Josh 5:1 : 1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.
• Ps 22:14 : 14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
• Isa 13:7 : 7 For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.
• Ezek 21:7 : 7 When they ask you,‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply,‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ Pay attention– it is coming and it will happen, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
• Nah 2:10 : 10 Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Hearts faint; knees tremble; every stomach churns, all their faces have turned pale!