约书亚记 7:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

艾城的人擊殺了他們約三十六人；從城門前追趕他們，一直追到示巴琳；在山坡上把他們擊潰；人民的心就極其驚怕。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
艾 城 的 人 击 杀 了 他 们 三 十 六 人 ， 从 城 门 前 追 赶 他 们 ， 直 到 示 巴 琳 ， 在 下 坡 杀 败 他 们 ； 众 民 的 心 就 消 化 如 水 。

Contextual Overview

¹ But the Israelites did not obey the Lord . There was a man from the tribe of Judah named Achan. (He was the son of Carmi and grandson of Zabdi, who was the son of Zerah.) Because Achan kept some of the things that were to be given to the Lord , the Lord became very angry at the Israelites. ² Joshua sent some men from Jericho to Ai, which was near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. He told them, "Go to Ai and spy out the area." So the men went to spy on Ai. ³ Later they came back to Joshua and said, "There are only a few people in Ai, so we will not need all our people to defeat them. Send only two or three thousand men to fight. There is no need to send all of our people." ⁴ So about three thousand men went up to Ai, but the people of Ai beat them badly. ⁵ The people of Ai killed about thirty-six Israelites and then chased the rest from the city gate all the way down to the canyon, killing them as they went down the hill. When the Israelites saw this, they lost their courage.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for they: Deuteronomy 1:44

the going down: or, Morad

wherefore: Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11, Joshua 5:1, Leviticus 26:36, Psalms 22:14, Isaiah 13:7

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:45 - the Amalekites Numbers 21:1 - then Joshua 8:5 - as at Joshua 22:20 - General Judges 20:31 - thirty 1 Samuel 4:2 - Israel 2 Samuel 17:9 - some 1 Chronicles 21:7 - he smote Psalms 58:7 - General Psalms 89:43 - not made Ecclesiastes 9:18 - sinner

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything that God commanded him.

Exodus 39:32
So all the work on the Meeting Tent was finished. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:16
Moses did everything that the Lord commanded him.

Psalms 119:6
Then I would not be ashamed when I study your commands.

Matthew 3:15
Jesus answered, "Let it be this way for now. We should do all things that are God's will." So John agreed to baptize Jesus.

Luke 8:21
Jesus answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and obey it!"

John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you to do."

John 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

Philippians 2:8
And when he was living as a man, he humbled himself and was fully obedient to God, even when that caused his death—death on a cross.

Hebrews 5:8
Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he learned obedience by what he suffered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men,.... In the pursuit of them, which were but few, but a sufficient rebuke of Providence; their loss was but small, but their shame and disgrace great:

for they chased them [from] before the gate; the gate of the city of Ai:

[even] unto Shebarim; not that there was a place of this name before, but it was so called from hence, because there they were broken, as Kimchi observes; and the Targum and Jarchi render it,

"until they were broken,''

their lines broken, not being able to retreat in order, but were scattered, and fled to their camp as they could: Gussetius q thinks it was the; name of a place, but not so called for the above reason, but because there lay broken pieces of the rock scattered about:

and smote them in the going down; the hill from Ai; "Morad", rendered "going down", may taken for the proper name of a place, and which, Kimchi says, was a place before Ai, in which there was a declivity and descent, and in that place they smote them when they fled:

wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water; that is, the whole body of the people, when this little army returned defeated, their spirits failed them, their courage was lost, their nerves were loosed, and they became languid, faint, and feeble; not that their loss was so great, but that they perceived God had forsaken them, and what the issue of this would be they dreaded.

q Comment. Ebr. p. 825.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shebarim - Rather, perhaps, “the stone quarries.” The smallness of the slaughter among the Israelites indicates that they fled early, probably without real conflict in battle.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 7:5. They chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim — They seem to have presumed that the men of Ai would have immediately opened their gates to them, and therefore they marched up with confidence; but the enemy appearing, they were put to flight, their ranks utterly broken, and thirty-six of them killed. שברים Shebarim signifies breaches or broken places, and may here apply to the ranks of the Israelites, which were broken by the men of Ai; for the people were totally routed, though there were but few slain. They were panic-struck, and fled in the utmost confusion.

The hearts of the people melted — They were utterly discouraged; and by this gave an ample proof that without the supernatural assistance of God they could never have conquered the land.