Joshua 8:29

God's Word

Joshua hung the king of Ai’s ⌞dead body⌟ on a pole and left him there until evening. When the sun went down, Joshua gave the order to take his body down. They threw it in the entrance of the city and made a large pile of stones over it. That pile is still there today.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom, threw him into a huge pit in the forest, and piled a large heap of stones over him. Meanwhile, all Israel fled and went back to their homes.

Esther 7:10

So servants hung Haman’s ⌞dead body⌟ on the very pole he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king got over his raging anger.

Psalm 107:40

He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.

Psalm 110:5

The Lord is at your right side. He will crush kings on the day of his anger.

John 19:31

Since it was Friday and the next day was an especially important day of rest—a holy day, the Jews didn’t want the bodies to stay on the crosses. So they asked Pilate to have the men’s legs broken and their bodies removed.

Acts 12:23

Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.

Joshua 10:30

The Lord also handed Libnah and its king over to Israel. He killed all the people. There were no survivors. He did the same thing to the king of Libnah that he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:33

At that time King Horam of Gezer had come to help Lachish. But Joshua killed him and his troops. There were no survivors.

Joshua 12:9

the king of Jericho, the king of Ai (near Bethel),

Joshua 7:26

They made such a large pile of stones over Achan that it is still there today. Then the Lord withdrew his burning anger. For this reason that place is still called the valley of Achor today.

Joshua 8:23

But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.