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  1. Israelites

    uses, see Israelites disambiguation Religious text primary date December 2010 Use mdy dates date .... The Israelites or children of Israel were the chosen people of the god Yahweh , according ... biblical patriarch of the Israelites is Jacob , who wrestled with God who gave him a blessing ... Genesis 32 24 32 ESV The biblical term Israelites or the Twelve Tribes or Children of Israel ... term is Ban Isra l children of Israel . The name Hebrews is sometimes used synonymously with Israelites . For the post exilic period, beginning in the 5th century BCE, the remnants of the Israelites .... It is used synonymously with Israelites , or as an ethnolinguistic term of the historical speakers of the Hebrew language in general. Biblical Israelites Tribes of Israel File 12 Tribes of Israel Map.svg ... 18 Stephen M. Wylen, Paulist Press, 1996, 215 pages ref Pentateuch The Torah traces the Israelites ... of Levi Moses leads the Israelites out of bondage and into the desert, where God gives them their laws and the Israelites agree to become his people. Nevertheless, the Israelites lack complete ... even now the Israelites lack strength in God in the face of the peoples of the land, and periods ... the Israelites ask for a king, and God gives them Saul . David , the youngest divinely favored son of Jesse of Bethlehem would succeed Saul . Under David the Israelites establish the kingdom of God ... to deliver them from bondage. The Israelites are allowed to return to Judah and Benjamin, the Temple ... traditional interpretations of Jewish history view the Israelites as the ancestors of both the Kingdom ... name for them, the text makes a distinction between groups labeled Hebrews , Judahites , and Israelites . Israelites consistently refers to Saul s forces. It also is used to refer to the supporters of the rebellions ... used to designate a group distinct from both Israelites and Judahites, and who sometimes ... are of the same people as the Israelites I Samuel 13 3 4, I Samuel 13 19 20, and I Samuel 14 11 12 ...   more details



  1. Israelites (disambiguation)

    Israelites may refer to Israelites , ancient Hebrew people Israelites song , Desmond Dekker s song See also Israeli disambiguation disambig ru ...   more details



  1. Hebrew Israelites

    Hebrew Israelites may refer to the ancient Israelites , considered as a subgroup, ancestors of or identical with the Hebrews the modern Black Hebrew Israelites , a religious group in the United States disambig ...   more details



  1. Corps of Israelites

    Unreferenced date February 2011 The Corps of Israelites Dutch language Dutch Corps Israelieten was a short lived infantry unit of the Kingdom of Holland . Due to a lack of recruits, King Louis Bonaparte decided to raise this unit in 1808 to strengthen the army. The idea was to recruit solely amongst the Jewish population however, the unit could never muster enough recruits, and it was disbanded a year later. Its Non commissioned officer NCO s and other ranks were dispersed amongst the Regiments of Jagers, whose uniforms were similar to that of the Corps of Israelites. Netherlands hist stub mil unit stub judaism stub Category Military history of the Netherlands Category Judaism in the Netherlands ...   more details



  1. Israelites (song)

    Infobox single Name Israelites Cover Artist Desmond Dekker Desmond Dekker & The Aces Album Recorded 1968 Released Start date 1968 10 Genre Reggae B side My Precious World The Man by Beverley s All Stars Length 2 35 Label Pyramid Records PYR 6058 UK br UNI Records 55129 USA Writer Desmond Dekker and Leslie Kong Producer Leslie Kong Last single 007 Shanty Town br 1967 This single Israelites br 1969 Next single It Miek br 1969 Israelites is a song songwriter written by Desmond Dekker and Leslie Kong that became a hit record hit for Dekker s group, Desmond Dekker & The Aces. ref name 500 Number One Hits cite book first Jo last Rice year 1982 title The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits edition 1st publisher Guinness Superlatives Ltd location Enfield, Middlesex isbn 0 85112 250 7 page 126 ref Although few could understand all the lyrics, the single was the first United Kingdom UK reggae number one and the second to reach the United States US top ten. ref name British Hit Singles cite book ... mouth can be fed. br Poor me,the Israelites, sir The vocal melody is syncopated and is centred ... first made his mark with the rude boy song, 007 Shanty Town . ref name 500 Number One Hits Israelites ..., and when its catalogue was acquired by Cactus Records in 1975, Israelites was re issued. ref name ... for their cover album The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 2005 and by Apache Indian for his single The Israelites ... Israeli garage band Electra recorded a cover version on The Israelites as a B side for their debut single, Coming to Get You Contemporary usage unreferenced section date May 2011 Israelites and a corresponding ... Xaphoon Jones of the Hip hop music hip hop group Chiddy Bang used a sample of Israelites for the song ... album TwentyFourSeven . Israelites was featured on the soundtrack of the Gus Van Sant film, Drugstore ... number one single years April 16, 1969 after Get Back by The Beatles S end DEFAULTSORT Israelites Song ... Category Reggae songs de The Israelites es Israelites ...   more details



  1. New Israelites

    Refimprove date October 2009 The New Israelites were a radical sect founded by Nathaniel Wood in Vermont in the 1790s. Wood declared his followers modern Israelites, and the group practiced a strict dietary code as they understood to be instructed in the Law of Moses . Like most radical sects, the group displayed spiritual gifts and made prophecies. At one point the group begin building a temple, although the project was eventually abandoned. History Nathaniel Wood formed the New Israelites in Middletown Springs, Vermont Middletown , Rutland County, Vermont Rutland County , Vermont at the end of the 1790s. Originally a Congregationalist churches Congregationalist , Wood was excommunicated in 1789, after which he began to preach to small meetings whose attendees were mostly family and relatives. The sect may have been influenced by the Newent Separates of Norwich, who believed in perfectionist immortalism and polygamy spiritual wifery , and the preaching of Rev. Joel Benedict, who taught that Hebrew was the divine language angelic tongue . ref Harvnb Brooke 1994 pp 57 8 . ref The sect claimed literal descent from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel , and they practiced divination and polygamy . ref Harvnb Quinn 1998 pp 121 24, 449 Harvnb Brooke 1994 pp 57, 133 34 Harvnb Vogel 2004 pp 617 20 . ref After the sect was joined by a counterfeiting counterfeiter and treasure seer named Winchell probably Justus Winchell ref Quinn argues that the Winchell referred to is Justus Winchell, born ... in the spring or early summer of 1800, the New Israelites began dowsing to look for buried treasure ... Israelites may have included Joseph Smith, Sr. , the father of the Joseph Smith, Jr. Mormon prophet ... that Joseph Smith, Sr. was also part of the New Israelites, and was one of its leading rods men . ref ... linking Smith to the New Israelites because of the difficulty in placing Joseph Smith, Sr. in Rutland ..., Smith s involvement with the New Israelites would be consistent with his links to Congregational ...   more details



  1. Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

    ref improve date October 2011 Infobox film name Kingdom of David The Saga of the Israelites image image size border alt caption director Carl Byker br Mitch Wilson director Mitch Wilson producer Jack Combs br Richard Kassebaum writer Isaac Mizrahi br Carl Byker br Mitch Wilson screenplay story based on based on title of the original work writer of the original work narrator F. Murray Abraham br Rene Auberjonois br Keith David br Jeremy Irons br Derek Jacobi . starring music Erik Friedlander cinematography editing studio distributor PBS Home Video released Film date Year Month Day Location runtime country USA language English budget gross Kingdom of David The Saga of the Israelites is a 2003 historical documentary that was produced for Public Broadcasting Service PBS . The documentary features original music by Erik Friedlander , and is narrated by an all star voice cast which includes F. Murray Abraham , Rene Auberjonois , Keith David , Jeremy Irons , and Derek Jacobi . Written by Isaac Mizrahi , along with Carl Byker and Mitch Wilson director Mitch Wilson who also directed the film, the film was produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting and Devillier Donegan Enterprises , and is distributed by PBS Home Video . External links IMDb title 0457671 Category Documentaries about historical events ...   more details



  1. African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem

    Symbolic Identity Formation in an African American Religious Sect The Black Hebrew Israelites ... tradition in black American culture see Black Hebrew Israelites which holds that black Americans are the decendents of the Ancient Israelites Ammi cites Charles Harrison Mason of Misissipi, William ... Saint Samuel of Tennessee as early exponents of black descent from Israelites ref cite book ... 90 ref . Ammi claimed that the Israelites, after having been expelled from Jerusalem under the Romans ... and Community Identity of the Black Hebrew Israelites pages 41 64 ref . Israel is claimed to be located ... related to the ancient Israelites. ref cite book last Weisbord first Robert title Israel in the Black ... and Community Identity of the Black Hebrew Israelites year 1998 publisher University Press of America ... Beliefs The group maintain that the Ancient Israelites are the ancestors of black Americans. They reject ... links this to Deuteronomy 28 68, which speaks of a second captivity in a second Egypt which the Israelites ... of the Israelites, they claim that the Palestinian Arab population are not descendents ... Israelites of Jerusalem is the http africanhebrewdevelopmentagency.com African Hebrew Development Agency ... israelites of jerusalem http kingdom news net.blogspot.com 2009 04 koys participation in 2009 durban.html ... of Yah God http shomreyhashalom.com Lifestyle.htm . See also Black Hebrew Israelites British Israelism ... Hebrew Israelites Of Jerusalem, The Category African American culture Category Black Hebrew Israelites ... Link FA fr fr African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem he ru ...   more details



  1. Black Hebrew Israelites

    African American topics sidebar right Black Hebrew Israelites also Black Hebrews , African Hebrew Israelites , and Hebrew Israelites are groups of people mostly of Black people Black African ancestry situated ... themselves and not mainstream Jews to be the only authentic descendants of the ancient Israelites . Many choose to self identify as Hebrew Israelites or Black Hebrews rather than as Jews. ref Ben ... to be descendants of the Israelites . ref name Chireau18 Chireau, p. 18. ref In the late 19th century ... from the ancient Israelites. They selected elements of Judaism and adapted them within a structure ... and Black Israelites, who are most Black nationalism nationalistic and farthest from traditional ... themselves as Jews, Israelites, or Hebrews...in a manner that seems unacceptable to the whites of the world ... Judaism ref name Moses537 and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem are widely known for having ... ref African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem main African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem Image Black hebrews Dimona visit1.jpg thumb African Hebrew Israelites speak to visitors in Dimona . Ben Ammi Ben Ammi Ben Israel established the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem in Chicago , Illinois , in 1966. In 1969, after a sojourn in Liberia , Ben Ammi and about 30 Hebrew Israelites moved to Israel ... nearly 600 more members left the United States for Israel. As of 2006, about 2,500 Hebrew Israelites ... 2008 05 25 publisher The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem ref The group incorporates elements ... personified, deserving only death or slavery . The SPLC also said that most Hebrew Israelites are neither ... to the Biblical Israelites Twelve Tribes of Israel . One such correspondence is as follows Tribe of Judah ... of Black Jews Groups claiming an affiliation with the ancient Israelites Jews and Judaism in the African ... Exodus The Hebrew Israelites from Chicago to Dimona cite book last Moses first Wilson Jeremiah editor ... Israelites cite book last Sundquist first Eric J. title Strangers in the Land Blacks, Jews, Post ...   more details



  1. Groups claiming affiliation with Israelites

    diverse parts of the world have claimed an affiliation with or descent from the ancient Israelites ... of Israel, affiliation to the Israelites is raised in the form of who is a Jew? , which arises ... Israelites, though some commentators have questioned the historicity of the descent. Affiliation ... Menashe. Hebrew Israelites The Black Hebrew Israelites , or Black Hebrews, are groups of people of African ... , and the Caribbean are also descended from the Israelites. Rastafari Unreferenced section date April 2008 Some Rastafari movement Rastas believe that the black races are the lost Israelites literally ... Selassie I is the true God. With his famous early reggae song The Israelites Desmond Dekker immortalised ... see Theory of Pashtun descent from Israelites , the British people British British Israelism , Kurds ... that through baptism and receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost , they become regathered as Israelites ... States the movement does not strictly believe that they are ethnic Jews as such, but rather that Israelites ... of scattered Israelites in Eschatology the last days , and that the tribe of Judah i.e. Judah ... substantiated by physical finds, ref Kammp, Antony, The Israelites An Introduction , Routledge, 1999 ... the exiled Israelites adopting so much of their surrounding cultural traits that any unearthed ... DEFAULTSORT Groups Claiming An Affiliation With The Ancient Israelites Category Jewish history ...   more details



  1. What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?

    italictitle Infobox Book name What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times image author Nathan MacDonald cover artist publisher William B. Eerdmans release date 2008 media type pages 156 size weight isbn 978 0802862983 dewey congress oclc 214934609 What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times is a 2008 book by Nathan MacDonald that discusses the Ancient Israelite cuisine foods eaten by Israelites during the time that the Bible was written. MacDonald, a theologian who serves as a lecturer at St Andrews University , used biblical texts ref name tt cite news title Bible diets dismissed as healthy food choice url http www.telegraph.co.uk health healthnews 4231257 Bible diets dismissed as healthy food choice.html accessdate 28 June 2011 newspaper The Telegraph date 14 January 2009 ref as well as archaeological and anthropological evidence in his attempts to determine the diet of the Israelites. MacDonald decided to write the book while writing another book on the symbolism of food in the Hebrew Bible that contained a chapter on the diet of the Israelites. ref name jots cite journal journal Journal of Theological Studies title What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Time. By Nathan MacDonald publisher Oxford University Press year 2010 volume 61 issue 1 pages 268 270 doi 10.1093 jts flp149 ref MacDonald argues that the diet of the Israelites was very high in bread and grains and often contained little meat or vegetables, leading many to become deficient in vitamins and minerals. He also notes that they endured frequent famines. He criticizes the Bible Diet and maintains that the bible is best used to provide religious and moral, rather than nutritional, instruction. ref name bbcn cite news title Biblical diet not very healthy url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi uk news scotland edinburgh and east 7826163.stm accessdate 28 June 2011 newspaper ... at their conclusions. ref name btb cite journal title Book Review What Did the Ancient Israelites ...   more details



  1. Ancient Israelites Older Than Anorthosite

    Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Ancient Israelites Older Than Anorthosite Type EP Artist Noah23 & Jaffa Gate Cover Noah23 ancientisraelites.jpeg Released March 1, 2004 Recorded 2003 Genre Hip hop music Hip hop Ambient music Ambient Length 15 29 Label Northstar Imprint Producer Jaffa Gate Reviews Misc Extra chronology Artist Noah23 Type EP Last album Quicksand album Quicksand br 2002 This album Ancient Israelites Older Than Anorthosite br 2004 Next album Mitochondrial Blues br 2004 Ancient Israelites Older Than Anorthosite is a 2004 collaboration Extended play EP by hip hop artists Noah23 and Jaffa Gate. The EP was preceded by the 2003 release of a 7 single, featuring two exclusive tracks Paper Cranes and No Such Thing as Twins . Track listing tracklist collapsed extra column Producer s title1 Echo Bay extra1 Jaffa Gate length1 3 00 title2 Saturn extra2 Jaffa Gate length2 4 31 title3 New York City of Hates of Bad Taste extra3 Jaffa Gate length3 3 06 title4 Thunder Tasks extra4 Jaffa Gate length4 4 52 Paper Cranes 7 track listing tracklist collapsed extra column Producer s title1 Paper Cranes extra1 Jaffa Gate length1 5 00 title2 No Such Thing as Twins extra2 Jaffa Gate length2 3 53 Category 2004 EPs Category Noah23 albums 2000s hiphop album stub ...   more details



  1. Theory of Pashtun descent from Israelites

    they say that they lived as Israelites till Khalid summoned them in the first century of the Muslims ... the King about the descent of the Afghans from the Israelites. The King replied that his people had ... of the wandering Israelites, he said And we find that the very natural character of Israel reappear ... the route of the Israelites from Medes Media to Afghanistan and India marked by a series of intermediate ... Institute at Shimla Simla A New Afghan Question, or Are the Afghans Israelites? and Who are the Afghans ... of Jacob and Esau , of Moses and the The Exodus Exodus , of the Wars of the Israelites with the Amalekites ... , January, 1898 Ledlie goes on to explain Israelites, or the Ten Tribes, to whom the term Israel ... JPArticle ShowFull&cid 1262339436797 Are Taliban descendants of Israelites? , By AMIR MIZROCH, jpost.com ... February 6, 2005. Links advocating the theory of Pashtun descent from the Israelites Obviously ... Pashtun Israelite Origins DEFAULTSORT Theory Of Pashtun Descent From Israelites Category Ethnic ...   more details



  1. Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come from?

    Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? ref Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2003. ISBN 0 8028 0975 8 ref is a book by American biblical scholar and archaeologist William G. Dever . Dever has been prominent in the debate between biblical maximalists and minimalists over the weight which can be accorded the Bible specifically the Old Testament as a historical text. This book, which coincided with Dever s retirement from the University of Arizona , where he served as professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology for many years, was written on a semi popular level to explain the background and origin of the people Dever describes as the protoIsraelites. ref http findarticles.com p articles mi m0LAL is 3 33 ai 107759382 Ralph Hawkins, review of Who Were the Early Israelites , Biblical Theological Bulletin , Fall 2003 ref It followed an earlier book, What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? , in which Dever, contrary to the minimalists , asserted that the writers of the Old Testament knew a good deal about Israel s past. ref http findarticles.com p articles mi m0LAL is 1 34 ai n6147831 John Barclay Burns, review of Who Were the Early Israelites? , Biblical Theological Bulletin , Spring 2004 ref Footnotes reflist Category 2003 books Category Archaeology books ...   more details



  1. Bani Isra'il

    In an Islam ic context, Bani Isra il Arabic language Arabic Israelites may refer to the Children of Israel Israelites Jewish people Ten Lost Tribes Afghana legendary grandson of King Saul of Israel. Category Islamic terms ...   more details



  1. Haradah

    Haradah lang he is one of the stops of the Israelites during the Exodus . Its name means fright or fearful . ExodusStation Mount Shapher Makheloth Eastons Tanakh stub pl Charada ...   more details



  1. Sihon

    Sihon , according to the Old Testament , was an Amorite king, who refused to let the Israelites pass through his country. The Bible describes that as the Israelites in their The Exodus Exodus came to the country Transjordan Bible east of the Jordan River Jordan , near Heshbon , King Unicode Si on of the Amorites refused to let them pass through his country. The Israelites fought Amorites in a battle, gaining complete victory. His walled towns were captured and the complete Amorite country was taken by the Israelites, who killed the king and all his people. bibleverse Numbers 21 21 30 HE , bibleverse Deuteronomy 2 24 37 HE . This is the first of many wars of annihilation mentioned in the Bible launched by the Israelites against Canaanite peoples . But Israel put them to the sword and took possession of their land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as Az of the Ammonites. bibleverse Numbers 21 24 HE Moses allocated the land of Sihon, the king of Heshbon , to the Tribe of Gad in the allocation of land to the Israelite tribes. bibleverse Joshua 13 24 28 HE In a similar way the Israelites took the country of Og , and these two victories gave them possession of the complete country Transjordan Bible east of the Jordan , from the Arnon to the foot of the Hermon . These victories, among the earliest successful campaigns of the Israelites, quickly became legend ary among them, and are referred to numerous times in the Bible as prototypical examples of God given victory. The quotes below refer to the Israelites battle with King Og of Bashan, and not with Sihon Numbers 21 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him remaining and they possessed his land. King James Version Numbers 21 35 So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors New International Version Category Kings Category Torah monarchs Category Amorites de Sihon id Sihon it Sicon he ...   more details



  1. The Twelve Tribes (disambiguation)

    The Twelve Tribes are the Israelites Biblical Israel 12 tribes of the ancient Israelites . The Twelve Tribes may also refer to Twelve Tribes communities , a religious movement of American origin Mansions of Rastafari Twelve Tribes of Israel , a Rastafari movement group Twelve Tribes band , an American metalcore band See also Twelve Colonies , fictional human tribes in Battlestar Galactica television series disambig eu Hamabi Tribuak argipena pl 12 Plemion Izraela ...   more details



  1. Hashmonah

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Hashmonah Lang he is one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus . Its name may mean fatness . ExodusStation Mithcah Moseroth Tanakh stub ang Hashmonah pl Chaszmon ...   more details



  1. Moseroth

    Moseroth lang he is one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus . It may be the same as Moserah. Fact date August 2007 Its name means bonds . ExodusStation Hashmonah Bene Jaakan Eastons Tanakh stub ang Mosero pl Moserot ...   more details



  1. Kingdom of Israel

    The Kingdom of Israel may mean Kingdom of Israel united monarchy 1020 931 BCE , the kingdom established by the Israelites and uniting them under a single king Kingdom of Israel Samaria 931 722 BCE , the kingdom of northern Israelites Kingdom of Judah 931 586 BCE , the kingdom of southern Israelites The state ruled by the Hasmonean s or Maccabees 140 37 BCE , primarily known as Judea or cognates but also called Israel in the First Book of Maccabees The state ruled by Herod the Great and his heirs 37 4 BCE , primarily known as Judea or cognates but also called Israel in the Gospel s and Book of Acts . Kingdom of Israel group , Israeli political movement disambig id Kerajaan Israel no Konged mmet Israel ...   more details



  1. Early Israelite Campaigns

    After the The Exodus Exodus from Egypt thought by some scholars to have been c. 1450 BCE , the surviving Israelites wandered into Canaan , seeking a home that they could make their own. After two fierce battles, they gained control of modern day Israel . Campaignbox Early Israelite Campaigns Campaign In what is now the Palestinian territories , the Israelites attacked the Canaanites . The ensuing Battle of Ai was an Israeli victory. Soon, a coalition of Canaanites and other northern city states of Canaan sent a force to halt the Israelite invasions of their country. However, an Israelite counterattack Battle of the Waters of Merom caught their enemies by surprise and routed them. Afterwards, the Israelites became established in their Promised Land . References Old Testament Category Old Testament Category Land of Israel ...   more details



  1. King of Ai

    notability Biographies date September 2011 one source date September 2011 The King of Ai was a figure noted in the Old Testament . In approximately 1400 BCE, the king brought his forces out to battle against the Israelites at the Battle of Ai . When he became overconfident and pursued the retreating Israelites, the enemy ambush units seized and burnt the city. While all of his compatriots were struck down, he was taken alive. After all of the men, women, and soldiers of Ai were killed, Israelite leader Joshua hanged him on a tree until evening, and then at sunset the israelites placed a heap of rocks on top of the king at the city gates according to Joshuas orders. References Joshua 8, Old Testament Category Old Testament Category Land of Israel Category Biblical people ...   more details



  1. Battle of the Waters of Merom

    Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of the Waters of Merom partof Early Israelite Campaigns image File Bataille de M rom.Png 200px caption Illustration from the Bible Historiale date c. 1400 B.C. place Waters of Merom, Galilee casus territory result Decisive Israelite Victory combatant1 Israelites combatant2 Alliance of Canaanites commander1 Joshua commander2 King of Hazor KIA strength1 5,000 10,000 estimated, all infantry strength2 Outnumbered the Israelites, possibly 10,000 15,000 casualties1 Very Few casualties2 All Killed Campaignbox Early Israelite Campaigns The Battle of the Waters of Merom was a battle between the Israelites and a coalition of Canaanite City States. It ended with the total destruction of the Canaanite armies. Around 40 years before the battle the Israelites escaped from slavery in Egypt , the The Exodus Exodus , led by Moses . They wandered into Canaan, which would have been under loose control by Egypt. ref Battles of the Bible, page 30. ref An alliance of city states in northern Canaan sent a force to halt the Israelite invasion. The Israelites counterattacked, catching their forces unaware and routing them with a fearsome head on assault. The battle is described in Book of Joshua Joshua 11. References reflist Category History of Israel Category Canaan Category Hebrew Bible battles Merom Category Book of Joshua ...   more details



  1. Battle of Ai

    Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Ai partof Early Israelite Campaigns image File 049.Joshua Burns the Town of Ai.jpg 200px caption Gustave Dor , Joshua Burns the Town of Ai , 1866. date c. 1400 B.C. place Gibeon ancient city Gibeon and Jericho modern Palestinian territories casus territory result Decisive Hebrew Victory combatant1 Israelites combatant2 Alliance of Canaanites commander1 Joshua commander2 King of Ai strength1 10,000 11,000 strength2 12,000 casualties1 no reliable estimates casualties2 12,000 Campaignbox Early Israelite Campaigns The Battle of Ai was a ferocious engagement between the forces of the Israelites led by Joshua and the forces of Canaan and its allies. The ruin of Ai Bible Ai was an outpost garrisoned by a small Canaanite force. Anticipating an easy victory, the Israelites attacked. They were repulsed, but drew out the defenders and defeated them in the field with light infantry. The battle is described in Book of Joshua Joshua 8. Category Hebrew Bible battles Ai Category Warfare of the Ancient era Category Book of Joshua ...   more details




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