King James Version
Joshua 8:16 in the King James Version says “And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were dr...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.”
Joshua 8:16 · KJV
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“were called”
H2199to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“from the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“them and they pursued”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“them and they pursued”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“from the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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