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Joshua 8:28-30
Amplified Bible
Joshua 8:28-30
Amplified Bible
28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a [a]rubbish heap forever, a desolation until this day. 29 He [b]hanged [the body of] the king of Ai on a tree [leaving it there] until evening; at sunset Joshua gave a command and they took the body down from the tree and dumped it at the entrance of the city gate, and piled a great heap of stones over it that stands to this day.
30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
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- Joshua 8:28 Heb tel.
- Joshua 8:29 This was not an execution by hanging; the king was killed beforehand, probably with a sword, then his body was hung up (or impaled) to further shame him in the minds of others.
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