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Joshua 8:28 KJV
Joshua · chapter 8 · verse 28
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.Joshua 8:28 · King James Version
Joshua 8:28 in context
26For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
28And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
29And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
30Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- desolationshᵉmâmâhdevastationH8077 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- burntsâraphto be on fireH8313 →
- madesûwmto putH7760 →
- heaptêla moundH8510 →
- everʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
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We have here an account of the improvement which the Israelites made of their victory over Ai. 1. They put all to the sword, not only in the field, but in the city, man, woman, and child, none of them remained, Jos 8:24.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-29