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The Real Cost of Defeat
Commentators emphasize that the true tragedy was not the military loss of 36 men, but the spiritual realization that God had withdrawn His favor. John Gill explains that the people's hearts 'melted' because they perceived 'God had forsaken them.' This highlights that separation from God is a far greater and more terrifying loss than any physical defeat.
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Joshua
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 7:5
18th Century
Theologian
Shebarim - Rather, perhaps, “the stone quarries.” The smallness of the slaughter among the Israelites indicates that they fled early, probab…
Charles Ellicott
On Joshua 7:5
19th Century
Bishop
Shebarim —i.e., the crevices, or ravines. A short distance below Ai the road passes the head of steep glens, which open into the p…
John Gill
On Joshua 7:5
17th Century
Pastor
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men
In the pursuit of them, which were but few, but a sufficien…
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Matthew Henry
On Joshua 7:1–5
17th Century
Minister
Achan took some of the spoil of Jericho. The love of the world is that root of bitterness which, more than any other, is most difficult to root up.…