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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
And when Joshua,.... Or "for Joshua"
and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city; which they knew by the smoke, as follows:
and that the smoke of the city ascended; in large columns, which sufficiently indicated that the whole city was taken and fired by the ambush:
then, or, "and":
they turned again and slew the men of Ai; great numbers of them.
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Gill, John. "Commentary on Joshua 8:21". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https:/
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
All Israel — That is, all the Israelites there present.
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Wesley, John. "Commentary on Joshua 8:21". "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". https:/
John Trapp Complete Commentary
Joshua 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
Ver. 21. And slew the men of Ai.] Who were half dead before with fear and astonishment. [Joshua 8:20]
“ Hic rogo; non furor eat ne moriare, mori? ”
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Trapp, John. "Commentary on Joshua 8:21". John Trapp Complete Commentary. https:/
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible
All Israel, i.e. all the Israelites there present, or all those who seemed to flee away before.
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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
‘And when Joshua, and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again and slew the men of Ai.’
Once again we have the typical repetition of this kind of literature, ensuring that the hearer gathered the important points and kept up with events. Once the smoke arose Joshua and all Israel turned round and began the slaughter of Ai.
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