The Capture of Ai

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: Joshua 8:1 Israel had beheld the greatness of the power of their God in the destruction of the great city of Jericho, and they followed it immediately by falling into two grievous errors. The one and most serious was their failure to guard against theft the plunder which was...