John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 8:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Joshua burnt Ai, etc.] The whole city, fire being only set before to a few houses, to make a smoke as a signal; he did with it as he had done with Jericho, for so he was ordered, (<060802>Joshua 8:2); and made it an heap for ever; that is, for a long time, for it appears to have been rebuilt, and to have been inhabited by the Jews, after their return from their Babylonish captivity, (<161131>Nehemiah 11:31); [even] a desolation unto this day; to the time of the writing of this book; and by what has been just observed, it appears that Ezra could not be the writer of it, since this city was inhabited in his time.

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