Jozua 7:4

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Zo trokken uit het volk ongeveer drieduizend man daarhenen op; maar zij gingen op de vlucht voor de burgers van Ai;

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Alzo trokken van het volk opwaarts omtrent drie duizend man; en dezen vloden voor de mannen van Ai.

Staten Vertaling
Alzo trokken derwaarts op van het volk omtrent drie duizend man; dewelke vloden voor het aangezicht der mannen van Ai.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fled: Leviticus 26:17, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 32:30, Isaiah 30:17, Isaiah 59:2

Reciprocal: Psalms 89:43 - not made

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men,.... Joshua detached from the army the largest number proposed, that there might be strength enough to take the place; and those he sent under proper officers to Ai, who went up to the very gate of the city, as appears from Joshua 7:5:

and they fled before the men of Ai; for upon their appearing at the gate of their city, they came out with all their forces against them, and as soon as they did, the children of Israel durst not face them, but without engaging with them fled at once: God having forsaken them, their courage failed, the dread of their enemies falling on them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 7:4. About three thousand men — The spies sent to reconnoitre the place (Joshua 7:3) reported that the town was meanly garrisoned, and that two or three thousand men would be sufficient to take it. These were accordingly sent up, and were repulsed by the Amorites.