Joshua 8:24-29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
24 When Israel had finished killing everyone living in Ai who had pursued them into the open country, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword. 25 The total of those who fell that day, both men and women, was 12,000—all the people of Ai. 26 Joshua did not draw back his hand that was holding the sword until all the inhabitants of Ai were completely destroyed.(A) 27 Israel plundered only the cattle and spoil of that city for themselves, according to the Lord’s command that He had given Joshua.
28 Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, desolate to this day.(B) 29 He hung[a] the body of the king of Ai on a tree[b] until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree.(C) They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.
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- Joshua 8:29 Or impaled
- Joshua 8:29 Or wooden stake
Joshua 8:24-29
New International Version
24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it. 25 Twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.(A) 26 For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin(B) until he had destroyed[a](C) all who lived in Ai.(D) 27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.(E)
28 So Joshua burned(F) Ai[b](G) and made it a permanent heap of ruins,(H) a desolate place to this day.(I) 29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(J) Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks(K) over it, which remains to this day.
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:26 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Joshua 8:28 Ai means the ruin.
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