| Joshua 8:23 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | But they took alive the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. |
| ASV: | And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. |
| BBE: | But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua. |
| DBY: | And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. |
| ERV: | And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. |
| JPS: | And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. |
| WBS: | And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. |
| WEB: | They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua. |
| YLT: | and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua. |
| Joshua 8:23 Cross References |
| XREF: | Joshua 8:22 The others came out from the city to encounter them, so that they were trapped in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side; and they slew them until no one was left of those who survived or escaped.
Joshua 8:24 Now when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them were fallen by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed, then all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 8:23 Took alive - Reserving him to a more ignominious punishment. |
| MHC: | 8:23-29 God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason no doubt there was for this severity to the king of Ai; it is likely he had been notoriously wicked and vile, and a blasphemer of the God of Israel. |
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