H3588A–כִּי–ki

and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

and they will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;

כִּ֣י ki “for”

It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and killed the men of Ai.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”וְכִ֥י (כִ֥י) Khi “that”

They said to him, From a very far country your servants are come because of the name of Yahweh your God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

They answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants, how that Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

כִּי֩ ki “that”

Now it happened, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”וְכִ֨י (כִ֨י) Khi “that”

that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men of it were mighty.

כִּ֣י ki “for”וְכִ֨י (כִ֨י) Khi “for”

Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Don't slack your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.

כִּ֚י ki “for”

Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't fear them: for I have delivered them into your hands; there shall not a man of them stand before you.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man: for Yahweh fought for Israel.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

but don't stay; pursue after your enemies, and strike the hindmost of them; don't allow them to enter into their cities: for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.

כִּ֧י ki “for”

Joshua said to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Yahweh do to all your enemies against whom you fight.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

All these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

כִּ֗י Ki “for”

Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck the king of it with the sword: for Hazor before was the head of all those kingdoms.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֚י ki “for”

For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for their cattle and for their substance.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have wholly followed Yahweh my God.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Now therefore give me this hill-country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “that”