5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
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And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The story of this chapter begins with a but. The Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was noised through all that country , so the foregoing chapter ends, and it left no room to doubt but that he would go on as he had begun conquering and to conquer . He did right, and observed his orders in every thing. But the children of Israel committed a trespass , and so set God against them; and then even Jos…
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