Yosua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ²  See, I am handing over to you ³  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Yosua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel ⁴  put the sword to all who lived there; they ⁵  left no survivors. They ⁶  did to its king what they ⁷  had done to the king of Jericho. ⁸ 

Yosua 11:8

11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, ⁹  Misrephoth Maim, ¹⁰  and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

[8:1]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ² tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[10:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[11:8]  ⁹ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[11:8]  ¹⁰ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).