Joshua 8:13
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And when they had set the people,.... In battle array, as in Kg1 20:12; that is, Joshua and the officers of the army:
even all the host that was on the north of the city; where Joshua and the main…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Joshua went down by night into the valley where He would be seen at daylight by the men of Ai, and was accompanied no doubt by a picked body of troops. The king of Ai, in the morning, would see…
We have here an account of the taking of Ai by stratagem. The stratagem here used, we are sure, was lawful and good; God himself appointed it, and we have no reason to think but that the like is…