battle of Ai

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The Battle of Ai is a biblical conflict in the Book of Joshua in which the Israelites, after an initial defeat attributed to disobedience, ultimately capture and destroy the Canaanite city of Ai through a strategic ambush.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
battle of Ai canonical 2
Battle of Ai 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical battle ⓘ
event in the Book of Joshua ⓘ
associatedFigure Achan ⓘ
Joshua ⓘ
associatedPeople Canaanites ⓘ
Israelites ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Christian Old Testament ⓘ
canonical in Jewish Bible ⓘ
causeOfDefeatInFirstAttack disobedience to God ⓘ
sin of Achan ⓘ
commandedBy Joshua ⓘ
describedIn Book of Joshua ⓘ
divineInstruction battle plan revealed to Joshua ⓘ
genre narrative ⓘ
hasPhase first attack on Ai ⓘ
second attack on Ai ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySource Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
locatedIn Ai ⓘ
land of Canaan ⓘ
linked to: Land of Canaan
methodOfKingExecution hanging on a tree ⓘ
numberOfAmbushers about 30,000 men (biblical account) ⓘ
numberOfInitialAttackers about 3,000 men (biblical account) ⓘ
opposedBy king of Ai ⓘ
outcome capture of Ai ⓘ
destruction of Ai ⓘ
execution of king of Ai ⓘ
killing of inhabitants of Ai ⓘ
partOf Israelite conquest of Canaan ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Jericho ⓘ
religiousContext Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
resultOfFirstAttack Israelite defeat ⓘ
resultOfSecondAttack Israelite victory ⓘ
scripturalBook Joshua ⓘ
scripturalChapters Joshua 7 ⓘ
Joshua 8 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Joshua
spoilsDisposition Israelites allowed to take livestock and plunder ⓘ
tacticUsedInSecondAttack ambush ⓘ
divided forces ⓘ
feigned retreat ⓘ
textualTradition Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
theologicalTheme consequences of sin ⓘ
divine guidance in warfare ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
obedience to God ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Joshua → containsStory → battle of Ai ⓘ
subject linked to: Joshua
Book of Joshua → describesEvent → battle of Ai ⓘ
Battle of Jericho → followedBy → Battle of Ai ⓘ
linked to: battle of Ai