Joshua 8:29

Joshua 8:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset, 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 over it, which remains to this day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day.

Context of Joshua 8:29

27Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua. 28So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day. He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. 30At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel, 31just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.

Joshua 8:29 word by word

וְאֶת־מֶ֧לֶךְ הָעַ֛י תָּלָ֥ה עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ עַד־עֵ֣ת הָעָ֑רֶב וּכְב֣וֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֩ צִוָּ֨ה יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ וַיֹּרִ֧ידוּ אֶת־נִבְלָת֣וֹ מִן־הָעֵ֗ץ וַיַּשְׁלִ֤יכוּ אוֹתָהּ֙ אֶל־פֶּ֙תַח֙ שַׁ֣עַר הָעִ֔יר וַיָּקִ֤ימוּ עָלָיו֙ גַּל־אֲבָנִ֣ים גָּד֔וֹל עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• He hungתָּלָהtâlâh · to hangH8518
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Aiעַי‛ay ‛ayâ' ‛ayâth · AiH5857
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• a treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• untilעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• and at sunsetבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): besiegeH935
• and at sunsetשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• that they take down the bodyנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• that they take down the bodyיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• and throw it downשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• atאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the entranceפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• they raisedקוּםqûm · to arise: raiseH6965
• a largeגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• pileגַּלgal · heapH1530
• of rocksאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Joshua 8:29

• Joshua 10:26After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
• Deuteronomy 21:22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
• Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
• Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
• Joshua 10:27At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
• Joshua 7:26And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
• 2 Samuel 18:17They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

Commentaries on Joshua 8:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29The king of Ai he hanged on a tree - He had gone out at the head of his men, and had been taken prisoner, Joshua 8:23; and the battle being over, he was ordered to be hanged, probably after having been strangled, or in some way deprived of life, as in the case mentioned Joshua 10:26, for in those times it was not customary to hang people alive. As soon as the sun was down - It was not lawful to let the bodies remain all night upon the tree. See the note…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Compare Deuteronomy 21:22-23 notes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason no doubt there was for this severity to the king of Ai; it is likely he had been notoriously wicked and vile, and a blasphemer of the God of Israel.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29The public executions of the kings showed that Israel acted as God's agent to judge the leaders and people of Canaan for their evil acts (see also 10:26; 11:10, 12). until evening: See Deuteronomy 21:22–23. which remains to this day: See Joshua Book Introduction, “Author and Date.”Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide--that is, gibbeted. In ancient, and particularly Oriental wars, the chiefs, when taken prisoners, were usually executed. The Israelites were obliged, by the divine law, to put them to death. The execution of the king of Ai would tend to facilitate the conquest of the land, by striking terror into the other chiefs, and making it appear a judicial process, in which they were inflicting the vengeance of…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 8:29

• Burial
• Captive
• Hanging
• Punishment

In the dictionaries

• Ai
• Joshua
• Ambush
• Burial
• Heap
• Raise
• Wait
• Absalom (1)
• Carcass; Carcase
• Deuteronomy

Commentaries on Joshua 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings