Joshua 8:25

And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fell	הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים ha.No.fe.Lim	H5307	to fall · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
day	בַּיּ֤וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
men	מֵאִ֣ישׁ me.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
women	אִשָּׁ֔ה 'i.Shah	H802	a woman · noun, common feminine singular absolute
twelve	שְׁנֵ֥ים she.Neim	H8147	two · cardinal number, both genders dual absolute
thousand	אָ֑לֶף 'A.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
men	אַנְשֵׁ֥י 'an.Shei	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Ai	הָעָֽי ha.'Ai	H5857	Ai · definite article + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 20:16-18 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:23-29

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. God, the righteous Judge, had passed this sentence upon them for their wickedness, so that the Israelites were only the ministers of his justice and the executioners of his doom. Once in this story, and but once, mention is made of the men of Beth-el, as confederates with the men of Ai, Jos 8:17. Though they had a king of their own, and were not subjects to the king of Ai (for the king of Beth-el is reckoned among the thirty-one kings that Joshua destroyed, Jos 12:16), yet A…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 8:24

all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword--the women, children, and old persons left behind, amounting, in all, to twelve thousand people [Jos 8:25].

Adam Clarke on Joshua 8:24

Returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. - This must refer to the women, children, and old persons, left behind; for it is likely that all the effective men had sallied out when they imagined the Israelites had fled. See Jos 8:16.

John Gill on Joshua 8:25

And so it was, that all that fell that day,.... Partly in the city, and partly in the field, both by the ambush and the army: both of men and women: were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai; so that the city was not a very large one, and the numbers of inhabitants were comparatively but few, as in Joshua 7:3.

John Calvin on Joshua 8:1-29

Joshua 8:1-29 1. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: 1. Dixitque Jehova ad Josuam, Netimeas, nec formides, sume tecum omnem populum bellicosum, et surge, ascende in Hai. Vide, dedi in manu tua regem Hai, ac populum ejus, urbem ejus, et terram ejus. 2. And thou shall do to Ai and her king as thou did unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall you take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. 2. Faciesque Hai, et regi ejus, quemadmodum feci…

Dictionary and topics

Ai — Ruins. (1.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 10:1; Gen. 12:8; 13:3). It was the scene of Joshua’s defeat, and afterwards of his victory. It was the second Canaanite city taken by…
Ambush — Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Josh. 8:4-26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judg. 9:30-45. Comp. Jer. 51:12).
Heap — When Joshua took the city of Ai (Josh. 8), he burned it and “made it an heap [Heb. tel] for ever” (8:28). The ruins of this city were for a long time sought for in vain. It has been at length,…
Man — (1.) Heb. ‘Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The name is derived from a word meaning “to be red,” and thus the first man was called Adam because he was formed from the red earth. It is…
Ai · .Population of — .Population of
Massacre · .Of Ai — .Of Ai
Strategy · In war — In war
War · Of extermination — Of extermination

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 8:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:23-29

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 8:24

Adam Clarke on Joshua 8:24

John Gill on Joshua 8:25

John Calvin on Joshua 8:1-29

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Joshua 8:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:23-29

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 8:24

Adam Clarke on Joshua 8:24

John Gill on Joshua 8:25

John Calvin on Joshua 8:1-29

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 8:1-29

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 8:18-19

Rashi on Joshua 8:22