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Selected Verse: Joshua 8:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 8:3 |
Strong Concordance |
So Joshua [03091] arose [06965], and all the people [05971] of war [04421], to go up [05927] against Ai [05857]: and Joshua [03091] chose out [0977] thirty [07970] thousand [0505] mighty [01368] men [0376] of valour [02428], and sent them away [07971] by night [03915]. |
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King James |
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| So Joshua . . . chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour--Joshua despatched thirty thousand men under cover of night, to station themselves at the place appointed for the ambuscade. Out of this number a detachment of five thousand was sent forward to conceal themselves in the immediate precincts of the town, in order to seize the first opportunity of throwing themselves into it [Jos 8:12]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thirty thousand men - comparing Jos 8:3 and Jos 8:12 ("five thousand men"), there is probably a mistake in the numbers of this verse, where an early copyist may have written the sign for 30,000 instead of that for 5,000.
Sent them away by night - The selected 5,000 would accordingly post themselves in the main ravine between Ai and Bethel in the night and early morning. The neighhorhood in which Ai was situated is described as "a wild entanglement of hill and valley;" and amidst its recesses the detachment could easily shelter itself from observation until Joshua's other measures were taken. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
To go up against Ai - That is, to consider about this expedition; not as if all the people of war did actually go up, which was both unnecessary and burdensome: but it seems to be resolved by Joshua and all the council of war, that the thirty thousand here following should be selected for the enterprize. Either,
1, the thirty thousand now mentioned; or, 2. part of them; namely, such as were to lie in wait; and these were
only five thousand men, as is expressed, Jos 8:12. |
12 And he took [03947] about five [02568] thousand [0505] men [0376], and set [07760] them to lie in ambush [0693] between Bethel [01008] and Ai [05857], on the west side [03220] of the city [05857] [05892].
12 And he took [03947] about five [02568] thousand [0505] men [0376], and set [07760] them to lie in ambush [0693] between Bethel [01008] and Ai [05857], on the west side [03220] of the city [05857] [05892].
3 So Joshua [03091] arose [06965], and all the people [05971] of war [04421], to go up [05927] against Ai [05857]: and Joshua [03091] chose out [0977] thirty [07970] thousand [0505] mighty [01368] men [0376] of valour [02428], and sent them away [07971] by night [03915].
12 And he took [03947] about five [02568] thousand [0505] men [0376], and set [07760] them to lie in ambush [0693] between Bethel [01008] and Ai [05857], on the west side [03220] of the city [05857] [05892].