Joshua 8:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Do to ai

Only the spoil

Lay thee

Jeremiah 51:12

General references

Numbers 31:11

Joshua 8:11

Bible References

Do to ai

And when Israel had finished slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword until they were consumed, all the Israelites returned unto Ai and smote it with the edge of the sword.

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword.

Now it came to pass when Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had taken Ai and that he had utterly destroyed it (as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king) and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them;

And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into thy hand, and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.

Only the spoil

But the Israelites took the beasts and the spoil of the city for themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he had commanded Joshua.

Only the women and the little ones and the animals and all that is in the city, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat of the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God has given thee.

Though he heaps up silver as the dust and prepares raiment as the clay,

Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them.

A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

The man of truth shall abound with blessings, but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be absolved.

As the partridge that steals that which she did not hatch, is he that gets riches and not with righteousness; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?

Lay thee

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

And Israel set ambushes round about Gibeah.

But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set the sons of Moab and those of Mount Seir to ambush the sons of Ammon, who were coming against Judah; and they smote one another.

Set up the banner upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has deliberated and shall put into effect that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

General references

And they took all the spoil and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

And all the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew near and came before the city and pitched camp on the north side of Ai; now there was a valley between them and Ai.