Joshua 8:28

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, [even] a desolation unto this day.

And Joshua {H3091} burnt {H8313} Ai {H5857}, and made {H7760} it an heap {H8510} for ever {H5769}, even a desolation {H8077} unto this day {H3117}.

So Y'hoshua burned down 'Ai and turned it into a tel forever, so that it remains a ruin to this day.

So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Deuteronomy 13:16

    And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

  • Isaiah 17:1

    ¶ The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

  • Isaiah 25:2

    For thou hast made of a city an heap; [of] a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

  • Jeremiah 49:2

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • Jeremiah 9:11

    And I will make Jerusalem heaps, [and] a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

  • Joshua 4:9

    And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

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