约书亚记 8:11

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

所有與他在一起的戰士都上去，迫近艾城，在城的北面安營；在約書亞和艾城中間有一個山谷，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
众 民 ， 就 是 他 所 带 领 的 兵 丁 ， 都 上 去 ， 向 前 直 往 ， 来 到 城 前 ， 在 艾 城 北 边 安 营 。 在 约 书 亚 和 艾 城 中 间 有 一 山 谷 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ Then Joshua sent them to wait in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua stayed the night with his people. ¹⁰ Early the next morning Joshua gathered his men together. He and the older leaders of Israel led them up to Ai. ¹¹ All of the soldiers who were with Joshua marched up to Ai and stopped in front of the city and made camp north of it. There was a valley between them and the city. ¹² Then Joshua chose about five thousand men and set them in ambush in the area west of the city between Bethel and Ai. ¹³ So the people took their positions; the main camp was north of the city, and the other men were hiding to the west. That night Joshua went down into the valley. ¹⁴ Now when the king of Ai saw the army of Israel, he and his people got up early the next morning and hurried out to fight them. They went out to a place east of the city, but the king did not know soldiers were waiting in ambush behind the city. ¹⁵ Joshua and all the men of Israel let the army of Ai push them back. Then they ran toward the desert. ¹⁶ The men in Ai were called to chase Joshua and his men, so they left the city and went after them. ¹⁷ All the men of Ai and Bethel chased the army of Israel. The city was left open; not a man stayed to protect it.

Bible Verse Review
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Joshua 8:1-5

Cross-References

Genesis 8:12
Seven days later he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not come back.

Genesis 8:14
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was completely dry.

Nehemiah 8:15
The people were supposed to preach this message and spread it through all their towns and in Jerusalem: "Go out into the mountains, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, myrtle trees, palms, and shade trees. Make shelters with them, as it is written."

Romans 10:15
and before someone can go and tell them, that person must be sent. It is written, "How beautiful is the person who comes to bring good news."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the people, [even the people] of war that [were] with him, and went up, and drew nigh,.... To the city of Ai:

and came before the city; as if they intended to besiege it, storm it, or force an entrance into it:

and pitched on the north side of Ai; which was judged fittest for the purpose:

now [there was] a valley between them and Ai; which the Rabbins call the valley of Halacah, as Jarchi says; so that they were upon a hill, at least on rising ground, and might the more easily be seen by the inhabitants of Ai, whom they wanted to draw out of their city.