Ai

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. A royal city of the Canaanites

Conquest and destruction of

• Joshua 7:8 O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

Rebuilt

• Ezra 2:28 the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;

Also called AIJA

• Nehemiah 11:31 The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;

And AIATH

• Isaiah 10:28 Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

Population of

• Joshua 8:25 A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day— all the people of Ai.

2. A city of the Ammonites

• Jeremiah 49:3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.