Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So all being slain that had pursued after Israel, in his flight to the wilderness, and falling by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returned and laid waste the city. Joshua 10:30-41 And the Lord delivered it with the king thereof into the hands of Israel: and they destroyed the city with the edge of the sword, and all the inhabitants thereof. They left not in it any remains. And they did to the king of Lebna, as they had done to the king of Jericho. . . . Joshua 11:10-14 And presently turning back he took Asor: and slew the king thereof with the sword. Now Asor of old was the head of all these kingdoms. . . . Numbers 21:24 And he was slain by them with the edge of the sword, and they possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jeboc, and to the confines of the children of Ammon: for the borders of the Ammonites, were kept with a strong garrison. Context The Conquest of Ai…23And they took the king of the city of Hai alive and brought him to Joshua. 24So all being slain that had pursued after Israel, in his flight to the wilderness, and falling by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returned and laid waste the city.25And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand persons, all of the city of Hai.… Cross References Joshua 8:23 And they took the king of the city of Hai alive and brought him to Joshua. Joshua 8:25 And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand persons, all of the city of Hai. Judges 20:42 And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them. Lexicon When Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc had finished כְּכַלּ֣וֹת (kə·ḵal·lō·wṯ) Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent killing לַהֲרֹג֩ (la·hă·rōḡ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the men יֹשְׁבֵ֨י (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of Ai הָעַ֜י (hā·‘ay) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city who had pursued רְדָפ֣וּם (rə·ḏā·p̄ūm) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute them בּ֔וֹ (bōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew into the field בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה (baś·śā·ḏeh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land and wilderness, בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech and when every כֻלָּ֛ם (ḵul·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every last one of them had fallen וַֽיִּפְּל֥וּ (way·yip·pə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie by the sword, חֶ֖רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword all כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc returned וַיָּשֻׁ֤בוּ (way·yā·šu·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Ai הָעַ֔י (hā·‘ay) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city and struck it down וַיַּכּ֥וּ (way·yak·kū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike with the sword. חָֽרֶב׃ (ḥā·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword Additional Translations When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them even to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had chased them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And it came to pass when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they chased them, and when they had all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. It happened, when Israel had made an end of killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And it cometh to pass, at Israel's finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and they fall all of them by the mouth of the sword till their consumption), that all Israel turn back to Ai, and smite it by the mouth of the sword; Jump to Previous Ai Chased Consumed Edge End Inhabitants Israel Israelites Killing Open Pursued Slaughtering Slaying Smote Struck Sword Wherein WildernessJump to Next Ai Chased Consumed Edge End Inhabitants Israel Israelites Killing Open Pursued Slaughtering Slaying Smote Struck Sword Wherein WildernessLinks Joshua 8:24 NIVJoshua 8:24 NLT Joshua 8:24 ESV Joshua 8:24 NASB Joshua 8:24 KJV Joshua 8:24 Bible Apps Joshua 8:24 Biblia Paralela Joshua 8:24 Chinese Bible Joshua 8:24 French Bible Joshua 8:24 German Bible Alphabetical: Ai all and been by chased desert destroyed edge every fallen field fields finished had in inhabitants Israel Israelites it killed killing men Now of one pursued put returned struck sword the them then they those to until were When where who wilderness with OT History: Joshua 8:24 It happened when Israel had made (Josh. 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