约书亚记 8:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

約書亞差派他們去了，他們就上到埋伏的地方去，住在伯特利和艾城的中間，就是在艾城的西邊。那一夜，約書亞卻在人民中間住宿。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 书 亚 打 发 他 们 前 往 ， 他 们 就 上 埋 伏 的 地 方 去 ， 住 在 伯 特 利 和 艾 城 的 中 间 ， 就 是 在 艾 城 的 西 边 。 这 夜 约 书 亚 却 在 民 中 住 宿 。

Contextual Overview

³ So Joshua led his whole army toward Ai. Then he chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night. ⁴ Joshua gave them these orders: "Listen carefully. You must set up an ambush behind the city. Don't go far from it, but continue to watch and be ready. ⁵ I and the men who are with me will march toward the city, and the men in the city will come out to fight us, just as they did before. Then we will turn and run away from them. ⁶ They will chase us away from the city, thinking we are running away from them as we did before. When we run away, ⁷ come out from your ambush and take the city. The Lord your God will give you the power to win. ⁸ After you take the city, burn it. See to it! You have your orders." 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

between: Joshua 8:12, Joshua 7:2, Genesis 12:8, Hai, Ezra 2:28, Nehemiah 7:32

lodged: Genesis 32:21

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:2 - lay thee Nehemiah 11:31 - Aija

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 28:65
You will have no rest among those nations and no place that is yours. The Lord will make your mind worried, your sight weak, and your soul sad.

Psalms 116:7
I said to myself, "Relax, because the Lord takes care of you."

Isaiah 60:8
"The people are returning to you like clouds, like doves flying to their nests.

Ezekiel 7:16
Those who are left alive and who escape will be on the mountains, moaning like doves of the valleys about their own sin.

Matthew 11:28
"Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest.

John 16:33
"I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble, but be brave! I have defeated the world."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Joshua therefore sent them forth,.... The thirty thousand chosen men:

and they went to lie in ambush; as they were ordered, Joshua 8:2:

and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; for as Ai was on the east of Bethel, Joshua 7:2. Bethel must be on the west of Ai, as Jarchi notes:

but Joshua lodged that night among the people; the main body of the army, to direct them in the affair of war, how they should behave the next day, when they came to fight; and to inspire them with courage and confidence, that they might not be afraid, because of their having been smitten before by this people, so Ben Gersom; or rather that he and they might be ready in the morning to march towards Ai, as Jarchi and Kimchi.