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

When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the desert (they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

The Lord, however, said to me, "Don't be afraid of him because I have already given him, his whole army, and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon."

Only the spoil

But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in accordance with the Lord's orders to Joshua.

However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city -- all its plunder -- you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the Lord your God has given you.

If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away."

A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

Lay thee

Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.

So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.

Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. The main army was in front of the Judahite army; the ambushers were behind it.

When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

Give the signal to attack Babylon's wall! Bring more guards! Post them all around the city! Put men in ambush! For the Lord will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.

General references

They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.