651 B
651 B
Joshua sends soldiers to Ai and is defeated.
three thousand men
The word "men" here refers to "soldiers." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
three thousand men... thirty-six men
six men** - These refer to the number of men (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
the hearts of the people were afraid and their courage left them
The word "people" refers to Israel. These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the intensity of their fear. AT: “the people of Israel were terrified” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)