Joshua 8 · Verse 23

Joshua 8:23

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Joshua 8:23, King James Version

Joshua 8:23 in other translations

BSBBut they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
WEBThey captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
ASVAnd the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
YLTand the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.
DARBYAnd the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
BBEBut the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.
WebsterAnd the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

What does Joshua 8:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 8:18-25

18-25. Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city--The uplifted spear had probably a flag, or streamer on it, to render it the more conspicuous from the height where he stood. At the sight of this understood signal the ambush nearest the city, informed by their scouts, made a sudden rush and took possession of the city, telegraphing to their brethren by raising a smoke from the walls…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Joshua 8:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
הָעַ֖יha.'Ai<the> AiH5857
תָּ֣פְשׂוּTa.fe.suthey capturedH8610
חָ֑יChaialiveH2416
וַיַּקְרִ֥בוּvai.yak.Ri.vuand they brought nearH7126
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ\׃ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 8:23

  • 1 Samuel 15:8

    And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

  • Revelation 19:20

    And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

  • Joshua 10:17

    And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

  • Joshua 8:29

    And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
29; 10:17; 1Sa 15:8; Re 19:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 8:22

    And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

  • Joshua 8:23

    And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

  • Joshua 8:24

    And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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Joshua 8:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomaron vivo al rey de Hai, y trajéronle á Josué.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils prirent vivant le roi d’Aï, et l’amenèrent à Josué.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und den König von Ai griffen sie lebendig und brachten ihn zu Josua.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
regem quoque urbis Hai apprehenderunt viventem, et obtulerunt Josue.