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Joshua 8:23

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And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
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  1. 1 Samuel 15:8Rank 1 from verse 23
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    8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

  2. Joshua 10:17Rank 2 from verse 23
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    17And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

  3. Joshua 8:29Rank 3 from verse 23
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    29And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

  4. Revelation 19:20Rank 4 from verse 23
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    20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

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Joshua 8:23

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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alive

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Sense 1: Living; having life; not dead. Sense 2: Continuing or active in life, force, or operation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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22And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

23And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

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24And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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