Joshua 8
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Joshua 8:23-29

23And the kingH4428 of Ai they took aliveH2416, and broughtH7126 him to JoshuaH3091.

24And it came to pass, when IsraelH3478 had made an endH3615 of slaying all the inhabitantsH3427 of Ai in the fieldH7704, in the wildernessH4057 wherein they pursuedH7291 them, and they were all fallenH5307 by the edge of the swordH2719, until they were consumed, that all IsraelH3478 returnedH7725 unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the swordH2719. 25And all that fellH5307 that dayH3117, both of menH376 and womenH802, wereH1961 twelve thousandH505, even all the menH376 of Ai. 26For JoshuaH3091 drew not backH7725 his handH3027, wherewith he stretchedH5186 out the javelinH3591, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitantsH3427 of Ai. 27OnlyH7535 the cattleH929 and the spoilH7998 of that cityH5892 IsraelH3478 took for prey unto themselves, according unto the wordH1697 of Jehovah which he commandedH6680 JoshuaH3091. 28So JoshuaH3091 burnt Ai, and madeH7760 it a heap for everH5769, even a desolationH8077, unto this dayH3117. 29And the kingH4428 of Ai he hangedH8518 on a treeH6086 until the eventide: and at the goingH935 downH3381 of the sunH8121 JoshuaH3091 commandedH6680, and they took his body downH3381 from the treeH6086, and castH7993 it at the entranceH6607 of the gateH8179 of the cityH5892, and raisedH6965 thereon a greatH1419 heapH1530 of stonesH68, unto this dayH3117.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain