Joshua 8:28

Joshua 8:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
• New International Version (NIV)So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolate place to this day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.

Context of Joshua 8:28

26Joshua continued to point his spear at Ai, until his army had killed every person who lived there. 27But the Israelites took the valuable things and the animals for themselves. That was what the Lord had told Joshua. Joshua burned the city and he broke down its walls. It is still like that today. 29He hanged the king of Ai on a tree. He left his body there until evening. At sunset, Joshua told his men to cut the body down. They threw it on the ground outside the city's gate. They covered it with a heap of stones. Those stones are still there today. 30Then Joshua built an altar on Ebal mountain, to worship the Lord, Israel's God.

Joshua 8:28 word by word

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ אֶת־הָעָ֑י וַיְשִׂימֶ֤הָ תֵּל־עוֹלָם֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• burntשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• Aiעַי‛ay ‛ayâ' ‛ayâth · AiH5857
• and madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• it an heapתֵּלtêl · moundH8510
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• unto this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Joshua 8:28

• Deuteronomy 13:16You must put all the valuable things in a heap in the town's public place. Then burn down the whole town as an offering to the Lord your God. Leave the town as a heap of stones. Nobody must ever build it again.
• 2 Kings 19:25You said that, but now listen to this! You must surely have heard it already. I decided what to do a long time ago! Now I am causing it to happen. I decided that you would destroy strong cities so that they became heaps of stones.
• Isaiah 17:1This is a message about Damascus: ‘Look! Damascus is no longer a city! It has become a heap of stones.
• Isaiah 25:2You have destroyed cities so that they become a heap of stones. You have destroyed the strongest cities. The beautiful palaces in foreign lands have disappeared. Nobody will build them again.
• Jeremiah 9:11The Lord replied, ‘I will make Jerusalem a heap of stones. Only wild animals will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that nobody can live in them.’
• Jeremiah 49:2The Lord says, ‘A time will come when an army attacks Rabbah, Ammon's capital city. Its people will hear the noise of a battle. The city will become a big heap of stones. Fire will destroy the villages around it. Then the Israelites will chase out the people who had taken their land from them.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Jeremiah 50:26Now come from far away to attack Babylonia! Break open the store rooms and take out the grain. Knock down their buildings and break them into pieces. Completely destroy everything. Do not let anything remain!
• Micah 3:12Because of how you live, Zion will be like a field that a farmer has dug. Jerusalem will become a heap of stones. Trees will cover the hill where the temple is now.
• Joshua 4:9Joshua also made a heap of 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan River. He put them in the place where the priests with the Covenant Box had stood. Those stones are still there today.

Commentaries on Joshua 8:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Unto this day - This last clause was probably added by a later hand.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason no doubt there was for this severity to the king of Ai; it is likely he had been notoriously wicked and vile, and a blasphemer of the God of Israel.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28Before its destruction, the town of Ai had a different name that is now unknown. The writer of the book of Joshua always called the town Ai, which means “ruin.” This name reflects what the town became after it was destroyed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. 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].Read the comment

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• Ai
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• Exodus, the Book of
• Joshua, Book of
• Palestine
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Commentaries on Joshua 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings