Josué 8:28

28 Assim Josué incendiou Ai e fez dela um perpétuo monte de ruínas, um lugar abandonado até hoje.

Josué 8:28 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:28

And Joshua burnt Ai
The whole city, fire being only set before to a few houses, to make a smoke as a signal; he did with it as he had done with Jericho, for so he was ordered, ( Joshua 8:2 ) ;

and made it an heap for ever;
that is, for a long time, for it appears to have been rebuilt, and to have been inhabited by the Jews, after their return from their Babylonish captivity, ( Nehemiah 11:31 ) ;

[even] a desolation unto this day;
to the time of the writing of this book; and by what has been just observed, it appears that Ezra could not be the writer of it, since this city was inhabited in his time.

Josué 8:28 In-Context

26 Pois Josué não recuou a lança até exterminar todos os habitantes de Ai.
27 Mas Israel se apossou dos animais e dos despojos daquela cidade, conforme a ordem que o SENHOR tinha dado a Josué.
28 Assim Josué incendiou Ai e fez dela um perpétuo monte de ruínas, um lugar abandonado até hoje.
29 Enforcou o rei de Ai numa árvore e ali o deixou até a tarde. Ao pôr do sol Josué ordenou que tirassem o corpo da árvore e que o atirassem à entrada da cidade. E sobre ele ergueram um grande monte de pedras, que perdura até hoje.
30 Então Josué construiu no monte Ebal um altar ao SENHOR, o Deus de Israel,
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