So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
Zedekiah was twenty one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof; he completely destroyed them, and all the souls that were in it; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.
And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did to the king thereof as he did to the king of Jericho.
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her open country, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her open country,
And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall you take for a prey for yourselves: lay an ambush for the city behind it.
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and drop it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise on it a great heap of stones, that remains until this day.