Joshua 8:29

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him hanging there until evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree. They threw his body down at the city gate. Then they covered the body with many rocks. That pile of rocks is still there today.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:17

Then Joab’s men took Absalom’s body and threw it into a large hole in the forest and covered it with stones. All the Israelites ran away and went home.

Joshua 7:26

After they burned Achan, they put many rocks over his body. The rocks are still there today. That is why it is called the Valley of Achor. After this the Lord was not angry with the people.

Acts 12:23

Herod did not give the glory to God. So an angel of the Lord caused him to get sick. He was eaten by worms inside him, and he died.

Psalm 110:5

My Lord is at your right side. He will defeat the other kings when he becomes angry.

Psalm 107:40

God shames even great leaders and makes them wander through empty deserts.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.

Joshua 10:33

King Horam of Gezer came to help Lachish, but Joshua also defeated him and his army. No one was left alive.

Joshua 10:30

The Lord allowed the Israelites to defeat that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city. No one was left alive. And they did the same thing to that king as they had done to the king of Jericho.

John 19:31

This day was Preparation day. The next day was a special Sabbath day. The Jewish leaders did not want the bodies to stay on the cross on the Sabbath day. So they asked Pilate to order that the legs of the men be broken. And they asked that the bodies be taken down from the crosses.

Joshua 12:9

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

Joshua 8:23

But the king of Ai was left alive. Joshua’s men brought him to Joshua.