Joshua 8:2
8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho 1 and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”
Joshua 8:29
8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. 2 At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. 3 They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day). 4
1 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
2 tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.
4 tn Heb “to this day.”