Verse | Translation | Text |
Jos 8:23 | Strong Concordance | And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] they took [08610] alive [02416], and brought [07126] him to Joshua [03091]. |
King James | And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua--to be reserved for a more ignominious death, as a greater criminal in God's sight than his subjects. In the mingled attack from before and behind, all the men were massacred. |