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What Does Joshua 15:31 Mean?

And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

Context

29

Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

30

And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

31

And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

32

And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

33

And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**28. Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever--**"For ever" often signifies "a long time" (Ge 6:3). One of the remarkable things with regard to the tell we have identified with Ai is its name--the tell of the heap of stones--a name which to this day remains [Van De Velde].

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

Historical Context

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