Conquering Ai - How B'nei Yisrael Defeated Their Enemies
1.
2. By Lia Kisner – Year 4 – Moriah JDS
Lets go to
Lets go to
Ai
Ai
Yehoshua sent meraglim to Ai to see how it was there, but there were not a
lot of people there. The spies came back and said there weren’t many people
there so they didn’t have to send a lot of soldiers.
3. finally
finally We did it
We did it
Yehoshua thought that the battle would be easy, so he sent 3000 soldiers
to fight, but the people of Ai attacked them and they lost 36 soldiers.
4. Yes you did
Yes you did
I I didn’t steal
didn’t steal
the money
the money
B’nei Yisrael wondered why they had lost the battle. Hashem told Yehoshua
that some items had been taken from Yericho, when they were told not to.
5. GOLD &
GOLD &
SILVER
SILVER
VALUABLES
VALUABLES
Achan stole lots of valuable things from Yericho and hid them under his tent.
6. Achan died
Achan died
here.
here.
Achan was killed because he was naughty!!
7. YEAH!!!!!
YEAH!!!
Lets fight Ai
YEAH!!
!
Yehoshua had a brilliant plan. He sent 30,000 soldiers to wait in Ai.
While they were waiting he brought a small army started attacking.
8. OH NO!!!!!
OH NO!!!!!
The King of Ai’s soldiers attacked Yehoshua’s small army.
9. I’m running away,
I’m running away,
away from you
away from you
Yehoshua’s army pretended to run away so the King of Ai chased them. No
one was looking after the city.
10. I Iwill raise
will raise
my javelin
my javelin
now to all
now to all
you soldiers
you soldiers
that are
that are
waiting to
waiting to
enter Ai
enter Ai
Yehoshua raised his javelin as a sign to the soldiers who were
waiting to enter Ai and set it on fire.
11. YAY YAY YAY
YAY YAY YAY YAY
B’NEI YISRAEL WON THE BATTLE AND TOOK OVER AI