When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned back and killed the men of Ai.
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When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned back and killed the men of Ai.
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And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
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And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned back, and slew the men of Ai.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw…
Jos 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
Ver. 21. And slew the men of Ai.] Who were half dead before with fear and astonishment. {Jos 8:20}
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“ Hic rogo; non furor eat ne moriare, mori? ”
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All Israel, i.e. all the Israelites there present, or…
All Israel, i.e. all the Israelites there present, or all those who seemed to flee away before.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when Joshua,.... Or "for Joshua" (z):
And when Joshua,.... Or "for Joshua" (z):
and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city; which they knew by the smoke, as follows:
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and that the smoke of the city ascended; in large columns, which sufficiently indicated that the whole city was taken and fired by the ambush:
then, or, "and":
they turned again and slew the men of Ai; great numbers of them.
(z) "et enim Josua", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Masius.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain All Israel - That is, all the Israelites there…
All Israel - That is, all the Israelites there present.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.