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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Joshua 8:23

And, the king of Ai, they caught alive, - and brought him near unto Joshua.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ambush;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Arms;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ai;   Israel;   Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ai, Hai ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ai;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ai;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Hebrew Names Version
The king of `Ai they took alive, and brought him to Yehoshua.
King James Version
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Lexham English Bible
But they captured the king of Ai alive, and they brought him to Joshua.
English Standard Version
But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him near to Joshua.
New Century Version
the king of Ai, and they brought him to Joshua.
New English Translation
But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Amplified Bible
But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
New American Standard Bible
But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King of Ai they tooke aliue, and brought him to Ioshua.
Legacy Standard Bible
But they seized the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Complete Jewish Bible
But they took the king of ‘Ai alive and brought him to Y'hoshua.
Darby Translation
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the king of Ai was left alive. Joshua's men brought him to Joshua.
George Lamsa Translation
And they took the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Good News Translation
except the king of Ai. He was captured and taken to Joshua.
Literal Translation
And they caught the king of Ai and brought him alive to Joshua.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and they toke the kynge of Hai alyue, and broughte him vnto Iosua.
American Standard Version
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Bible in Basic English
But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the kyng of Ai they toke aliue, and brought him to Iosuah.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
King James Version (1611)
And the King of Ai they tooke aliue, and brought him to Ioshua.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
English Revised Version
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Berean Standard Bible
But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thei tokun also the kyng of Hay lyuynge, and brouyten to Josue.
Young's Literal Translation
and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.
Update Bible Version
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
World English Bible
The king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
New King James Version
But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
New Living Translation
Only the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua.
New Life Bible
But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
New Revised Standard
But the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they took the king of the city of Hai alive and brought him to Josue.
Revised Standard Version
But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But they took alive the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua.

Contextual Overview

23 And, the king of Ai, they caught alive, - and brought him near unto Joshua. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness whither they had pursued them, and all of them had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, then all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all who fell that day, both of men and of women, were twelve thousand, - all people of Ai. 26 Now, Joshua, drew not back his hand which he had stretched out with the javelin, - until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 Nevertheless, the cattle and the spoil of that city, Israel took as their own prey, - according to the word of Yahweh, which he commanded Joshua. 28 So then Joshua burned Ai, - and made of it an age-abiding heap - a desolation, as it remaineth until this day. 29 And, the king of Ai, hanged he on a tree until eventide, - but, at the going in of the sun, Joshua gave command and they took down his dead body from the tree, and cast it in at the opening of the gate of the city, and raised up over it a great heap of stones - which remaineth until this day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 8:29, Joshua 10:17, 1 Samuel 15:8, Revelation 19:20

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king of Ai they took alive,.... They spared him, and reserved him for a more shameful death:

and brought him to Joshua; their general; delivering him into his hands as his prisoner, to do will, him as seemed good in his sight.


 
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