Joshua 8:27-29

Christian Standard Bible

²⁷ Israel plundered only the cattle and spoil of that city for themselves, according to the Lord’s command that he had given Joshua.

²⁸ Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, still desolate today.^{(A) 29} He hung^[a] the body of the king of Ai on a tree^[b] until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree.^(B) They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which still remains today.