Joshua did not draw back his hand that was holding the javelin until all the inhabitants of Ai were completely destroyed.
Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Hold out the javelin in your hand toward Ai, for I will hand the city over to you.” So Joshua held out his javelin toward it.
So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword.
At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.
When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,