Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ai' occurs 36 times in the standard works.

36 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ai' in the standard works and contain 100% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 8:9-18 (10 in 10 verses)

Josh. 8:20-26 (7 in 7 verses)

Josh. 8:23-29 (7 in 7 verses)

Josh. 7:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

Josh. 8:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 10:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 36 10260 10296
Gen. 0 790 790
Ex. 0 456 456
Lev. 0 109 109
Num. 0 351 351
Deut. 0 276 276
Josh. 33 266 299
Judg. 0 483 483
Ruth 0 68 68
1 Sam. 0 606 606
2 Sam. 0 490 490
1 Kgs. 0 462 462
2 Kgs. 0 488 488
1 Chr. 0 346 346
2 Chr. 0 398 398
Ezra 1 124 125
Neh. 1 246 247
Esth. 0 168 168
Job 0 273 273
Ps. 0 620 620
Prov. 0 131 131
Eccl. 0 54 54
Song. 0 37 37
Isa. 0 571 571
Jer. 1 947 948
Lam. 0 54 54
Ezek. 0 655 655
Dan. 0 177 177
Hosea 0 92 92
Joel 0 22 22
Amos 0 106 106
Obad. 0 15 15
Jonah 0 31 31
Micah 0 47 47
Nahum 0 18 18
Hab. 0 22 22
Zeph. 0 25 25
Hag. 0 39 39
Zech. 0 152 152
Mal. 0 45 45
NT 0 3316 3316
BM 0 3675 3675
DC 0 1566 1566
PGP 0 389 389
TOTAL 36 19206 19242

Josh. 7:2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

Josh. 7:3
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

Josh. 7:4
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

Josh. 7:5
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

Josh. 8:1
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

Josh. 8:2
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Josh. 8:3
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

Josh. 8:9
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

Josh. 8:10
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

Josh. 8:11
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

Josh. 8:12
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Josh. 8:14
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

Josh. 8:16
And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

Josh. 8:17
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

Josh. 8:18
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

Josh. 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

Josh. 8:21
And 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 slew the men of Ai.

Josh. 8:23
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

Josh. 8:24
And 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.

Josh. 8:25
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

Josh. 8:26
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Josh. 8:28
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

Josh. 8:29
And 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.

Josh. 9:3
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

Josh. 10:1
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had 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;

Josh. 10:2
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 thereof were mighty.

Josh. 12:9
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;

Ezra 2:28
The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

Neh. 7:32
The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

Jer. 49:3
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.