Joshua 8:29

New International Version

He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.

Esther 7:10

So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.

Psalm 107:40

he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

Psalm 110:5

The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

John 19:31

Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

Acts 12:23

Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Joshua 10:30

The Lord also gave that city and its king into Israel’s hand. The city and everyone in it Joshua put to the sword. He left no survivors there. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:33

Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army—until no survivors were left.

Joshua 12:9

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

Joshua 7:26

Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since.

Joshua 8:23

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