And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel that went not out after Israel,.... For as these two places were very near to each other, but a mile apart, they were in confederacy, and acted together,…
Adam Clarke
There was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el - It is very likely that the principal strength of Beth-el had been previously brought into Ai, as the strongest place to make a stand in; Beth-el being but…
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…
Cambridge Bible
or Beth-el The inhabitants of Bethel would seem on this occasion to have sent help to the people of Ai in resisting the attack of Joshua.
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