Joshua 8:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joshua 8:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joshua 8:11 is a verse from the book of Joshua in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pit..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joshua 8:11 — KJV
“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 8:11 (KJV)
Joshua 8:11 in Context — About the Book of Joshua
Joshua is the book of possessed promises. After Moses' death, Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan, around Jericho's walls, and into the inheritance God swore to Abraham. It is a manual for courage — God's command to be strong and courageous frames the whole conquest.
Cross-References for Joshua 8:11
“And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. liers...: Heb. lying in wait”
Shares key themes with Joshua 8:11: people, even, went
“And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 8:11: war, went, nigh
“Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. Ophel: or, the tower”
Shares key themes with Joshua 8:11: even, war, city
“Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 8:11: war, went, nigh
“That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 8:11: people, even, war
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