Joshua 10:1
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek 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 10:1 in the real world
In what words
- אֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶקʼĂdônîy-TsedeqAdoni-Tsedek, a Canaanitish king
- עַיʻAyAi, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
- גִּבְעוֹןGibʻôwnGibon, a place in Palestine
- יְרִיחוֹYᵉrîychôwJericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
- כִּיkîy(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often la
- חָרַםchâramto seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction);
- שָׁלַםshâlamto be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; b
- לָכַדlâkadto catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Amarna lettersNamed outside the BibleThe towns of the conquest narratives were real city-states with named rulers, writing to Egypt in the century before Israel first appears in the record.
Cross-references
Jos 8:22–29, Jos 11:19–20, Jos 8:2, Heb 7:1, Gen 14:18, Jos 6:21, Jos 9:15–27