Joshua 8:24-29

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁴ When Isra’el had finished slaughtering all the inhabitants of ‘Ai in the countryside, in the desert where they had pursued them, and they had all fallen, consumed by the sword, then all Isra’el returned to ‘Ai and defeated it with the sword. ²⁵ Twelve thousand men and women fell that day, everyone in ‘Ai. ²⁶ For Y’hoshua did not withdraw his hand, which he had used to point the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of ‘Ai. ²⁷ Only the livestock and the spoil of that city did Isra’el take as booty for themselves, in keeping with the order Adonai had given Y’hoshua. ²⁸ So Y’hoshua burned down ‘Ai and turned it into a tel forever, so that it remains a ruin to this day. ²⁹ The king of ‘Ai he hanged on a tree until evening; at sundown Y’hoshua gave an order, so they took his carcass down from the tree, threw it at the entrance of the city gate and piled on it a big heap of stones, which is there to this day.