Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Joshua 8:20
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
power. Hebrew hands. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). for the power put forth by them (App-6).
pursuers. the pursuing force (singular)
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
power. Hebrew hands. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). for the power put forth by them (App-6).
pursuers. the pursuing force (singular)
Verse Joshua 8:20. _THEY HAD NO POWER TO FLEE THIS WAY OR THAT WAY_] They were in utter consternation; they saw that the city was taken, they found themselves in the midst of their foes; that their wi...
8. THE OVERTHROW OF AI CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The advance commanded (Joshua 8:1)_ 2. The strategy of Joshua (Joshua 8:3) 3. Ai's defeat (Joshua 8:14) 4. Joshua's obedience ...
CAPTURE OF AI. Here we have the second and the successful attempt to take Ai. That two accounts have been combined is obvious. In Joshua 8:3 Joshua sends 30,000 men as an ambuscade against the city; i...
_they had no power_ no HAND. Comp. Judges 18:10 (Heb.). _that fled to the wilderness_ See above, Joshua 8:15, and below, Joshua 8:24....
_The Conquest of Ai Joshua 8:9-29_ 9Joshua therefore sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode behind Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the pe...
_AND THE AMBUSH AROSE QUICKLY OUT OF THEIR PLACE, AND THEY RAN AS SOON AS HE HAD STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND: AND THEY ENTERED INTO THE CITY, AND TOOK IT, AND HASTED AND SET THE CITY ON FIRE._ No JFB comm...
8:20 power (a-24) Lit 'hand.' see Deuteronomy 32:36 ....
THE CONQUEST OF AI. THE COVENANT CONFIRMED UPON MT. EBAL 1-29. The Taking of Ai. Edersheim explains that Joshua detailed a corps of 30,000 men, of whom 5,000 were placed W. of Ai in a wood. The 25,000...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 8 V1 Then the *Lord spoke again. ‘Do not b...
וַ יִּפְנ֣וּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ הָ עַ֨י אַחֲרֵיהֶ֜ם וַ
CHAPTER XVI. THE CAPTURE OF AI. Joshua 8:1. JOSHUA, having dealt faithfully with the case of Achan, whose sin had intercepted the favour of God, is again encouraged, and directed to renew, but more...
THE ENEMY COMPLETELY DESTROYED Joshua 8:18 Joshua's preparations were skillfully made, and in that very place where Israel had been so disastrously defeated they scored a great victory and took larg...
As the result of the severity of the discipline exercised in the case of Achan, the nation returned to obedience, and consequently Jehovah immediately uttered the word of reassurance to Joshua and the...
PAUSING FOR GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF VICTORY Joshua 8:1-35 Often, man holds himself guilty long after God has already wiped away the sin. It seems this was the case after Achan's sin had been removed fr...
I pass over, in a short remark, the mercy of the Lord vouchsafed Israel in this victory, to call the Reader's attention, to the manner in which the Lord was pleased to appoint the victory should be ob...
The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...
Chapter 8 exhibits the return of Israel to their strength in God. If all the people were compromised by Achan's sin, it was needful that they should be sensibly restored to confidence, that they shoul...
AND WHEN THE MEN OF AI LOOKED BEHIND THEM,.... On some account or another, perhaps observing that the army of Israel made a full stop and was gazing at the city: THEY SAW, AND, BEHOLD, THE SMOKE OF T...
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilde...
_They entered and set the city on fire_ That is, some part of it, sufficient to raise a smoke, and give notice to their brethren of their success. But certainly not all of it, because in that case the...
1 God incourageth Ioshua. 3 The stratageme whereby Ai was taken. 29 The king thereof is hanged. 30 Ioshua buildeth an Altar, 32 writeth the Lawe on stones, 33 propoundeth blessings and cursings....
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, their attention being drawn in that direction by the behavior of the Israelites, who turned to watch for the signal of the smoke's rising, THEY SAW, AND, BEH...
AI TAKEN AND DESTROYED...
AI TOTALLY DESTROYED (vs.1-29) Now the Lord gives explicit instructions to Joshua as to attacking Ai. How different these were to the plans Joshua used at first! God tells Joshua not to be afraid, bu...
POWER: _ Heb._ hand...
3-22 Observe Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease. Probably he went into the valley alone, to pray to God for a blessing, and he...
NO POWER, or, _place_; for so the Hebrew word is oft used, as Numbers 2:17 Nehemiah 7:4 Job 37:7 Psalms 104:25...
Joshua 8:20 men H582 Ai H5857 looked H6437 (H8799) behind H310 saw H7200 (H8799) smoke H6227 city...
‘ And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power (literally ‘hands') to flee this way or that way, and the people...
CONTENTS: Conquest of Ai. The blessings and cursing of Ebal. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, king of Ai. CONCLUSION: The believer, clad in the whole armor of God, meeting the enemy of God as God directs, w...
Joshua 8:4. _Ye shall lie in wait:_ la ruse du guerre. The craft of war is lawful, if war itself be lawful; and experience is often of more avail than strength. Joshua 8:25. _Twelve thousand._ Here is...
_So Joshua arose, and all the people of war._ ALL THE PEOPLE AT WORK FOR JESUS I. Consider the advice of the spies which led to such a shameful defeat (Joshua 7:3). 1. Here we shall have to deal wi...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 8:18 STRETCH OUT THE JAVELIN... TOWARD AI. Perhaps this served as a signal to the MEN IN THE AMBUSH to attack the city. This action symbolizes the Lord’s giving the city into Jos...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 8:1__ Having been defeated in Ai (ch. Joshua 7:1), Israel now follows God’s instructions and is successful....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 8:3. Thirty thousand … and sent them away] Probably 30,000 was the entire number chosen to operate against Ai, and of these 5000 were sent, as stated in Joshua 8:12, to form th...
EXPOSITION THE CAPTURE OF AI.— JOSHUA 8:1 FEAR NOT. Joshua was down cast at his former failure, and well he might. "Treacherous Israelites are to be dreaded more than malicious Canaanites" (Matthew...
Then they went back to Ai, now this time under the direction of the Lord. Joshua sent part of the army around the other side of the city to hide in ambush. And then he said, "We'll come to the city li...
Amos 2:14; Genesis 19:28; Isaiah 34:10; Job 11:20; Psalms 48:5;...
THE CONQUEST OF AI Joshua 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Christian conquest depends upon a clean heart. When the Children of Israel went against Ai the first time, they fled in dismay. The reason for the...