§ Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins" a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan
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ay · Ai · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 12:8 · וְהָעַ֣יAnd he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.Genesis 13:3 · הָעָֽי׃And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;Joshua 7:2 · הָעַ֞י · הָעָֽי׃And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.Joshua 7:3 · הָעָ֑יAnd they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; [and] make not all the people to labour thither; for they [are but] few.Joshua 7:4 · הָעָֽי׃So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.Joshua 7:5 · הָעַ֗יAnd 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.Joshua 8:1 · הָעָ֑י · הָעַי֙And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:Joshua 8:2 · לָעַ֜יAnd thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.Joshua 8:3 · הָעָ֑יSo Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.Joshua 8:9 · הָעַ֖י · לָעָ֑יJoshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.Joshua 8:10 · הָעָֽי׃And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.Joshua 8:11 · לָעַ֔י · הָעָֽי׃And all the people, [even the people] of war that [were] with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now [there was] a valley between them and Ai.Joshua 8:12 · הָעַ֖יAnd he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.Joshua 8:14 · הָעַ֗יAnd 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.Joshua 8:16 · בָּעַ֔יAnd 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.Joshua 8:17 · בָּעַי֙And 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.Joshua 8:18 · הָעַ֔יAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that [is] in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand toward the city.Joshua 8:20 · הָעַ֨יAnd when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.Joshua 8:21 · הָעָֽי׃And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.Joshua 8:23 · הָעַ֖יAnd the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.Joshua 8:24 · הָעַ֜י · הָעַ֔יAnd it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.Joshua 8:25 · הָעָֽי׃And [so] it was, [that] all that fell that day, both of men and women, [were] twelve thousand, [even] all the men of Ai.Joshua 8:26 · הָעָֽי׃For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.Joshua 8:28 · הָעָ֑יAnd Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, [even] a desolation unto this day.Joshua 8:29 · הָעַ֛יAnd the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.Joshua 9:3 · וְלָעָֽי׃And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,Joshua 10:1 · הָעַי֮ · לָעַ֖יNow it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;Joshua 10:2 · הָעַ֔יThat they feared greatly, because Gibeon [was] a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it [was] greater than Ai, and all the men thereof [were] mighty.Joshua 12:9 · הָעַ֛יThe king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;Ezra 2:28 · וְהָעָ֔יThe men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.Nehemiah 7:32 · וְהָעָ֔יThe men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.Nehemiah 11:31 · וְעַיָּ֔הThe children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,Isaiah 10:28 · עַיַּ֖תHe is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:Jeremiah 49:3 · עַ֗יHowl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, [and] his priests and his princes together.