Joshua 8:14 KJV
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
Words Then and Now
- wist knew Still heard today: unwittingly, without knowing; wist is the past of wit, to know Webster’s 1828 · Wist
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- The taking of AiObserve Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease. Probably he went into the valley alone,...
Thompson Chains
- Early Rising (1)See the chain from Genesis 19:27 · 13 links
Parallel Passages
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- Joshua 8:5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
- Joshua 8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
- Judges 20:34–36 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. …
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Isaiah 19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Isaiah 19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
- Daniel 4:31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
- Matthew 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- Matthew 24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1–3 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. …
- 2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1451–1443 BC · Joshua
Places
- AiTown · Location disputed
- Places in Joshua 8 on a map
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And it came to pass, when the king מֶלֶךְ melek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct
- of Ai הָעַי hāʿay עַי Proper name · with the
- saw וַיְהִי wayhî Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and כִּרְאוֹת kirʾôt רָאָה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- that they hasted וַיְמַהֲרוּ waymahărû מָהַר Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- and rose up early וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ wayyaškîmû שָׁכַם Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- and the men אַנְשֵׁי ʾanšê Noun · masculine plural construct אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh
- of the city הָעִיר hāʿîr עִיר Noun · feminine singular · with the
- went out וַיֵּצְאוּ wayyēṣĕʾww יָצָא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- against לִקְרַאת liqraʾt קִרְאָה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
- to battle לַמִּלְחָמָה lammilḥāmâ מִלְחָמָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
- he and all his people הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular וְכָל wĕkol Noun · masculine singular construct · with and עַמּוֹ ʿammô עַם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular וְהוּא wĕhûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular · with and
- at a time appointed לַמּוֹעֵד lammôʿēd מוֹעֵד Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition לֹא lōʾ Negative
- the plain הָעֲרָבָה hāʿărābâ עֲרָבָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
- but he wist יָדַע yādaʿ יָדַע Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular כִּי kî Conjunction
- not that there were liers in ambush אֹרֵב ʾōrēb אָרַב Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- against him behind לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular מֵאַחֲרֵי mēʾaḥărê אַחַר Preposition
- the city הָעִיר hāʿîr עִיר Noun · feminine singular · with the
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