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Joshua 8:18 KJV
Joshua · chapter 8 · verse 18
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.Joshua 8:18 · King James Version
Joshua 8:18 in context
16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
19And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
20And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- spearkîydôwnproperly, something to strike withH3591 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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We have here an account of the taking of Ai by stratagem. The stratagem here used, we are sure, was lawful and good; God himself appointed it, and we have no reason to think but that the like is lawful and good in other wars. Here was no league broken, no treaty of peace, that the advantage was gained;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-22