“Not a man was left in ‘Ai or Beit-El who had not gone after Israel; pursuing Israel, they left the city wide open.”-Joshua 8:17 So yesterday I mentioned there are some scholars out there who make the claim that Ai and Beit-el were one and the same city, just with different names. However, take a look […]

The ancient city of AI is often considered to be a ruin that goes by the name EL-TEL (see the picture above). And BEIT-EL is believed to be in an area that today is identified as a BEITIN. However, as I mentioned yesterday, we may not have the proper location of Beit-el. And if we […]

“Y’hoshua sent them out; and they went to the place for the ambush, staying between Beit-El and ‘Ai, to the west of ‘Ai; while Y’hoshua camped that night with the people.”-Joshua 8:9 In verse 9 of Joshua Chapter 8, we’re given a major clue concerning where the city of Ai was located. We’re told it […]

“The king of ‘Ai saw this, so the men in the city hurried out early in the morning to battle against Israel, he and all his people, at a meeting-place facing the ‘Aravah. But he was unaware that behind the city an ambush had been laid against him.   Y’hoshua and all Israel made as if […]

Although the Lord had promised certain victory to Joshua and his soldiers the second time they attacked the city of AI, Joshua was still stinging from the defeat of the first attack and wasn’t taking any chances this time around. He selected 30,000 of his best soldiers and set off in the dead of the […]