Old TestamentJoshua 8·Ai Burned: Twelve Thousand Slaughtered
Joshua 8:19–29

Ai Burned: Twelve Thousand Slaughtered

Joshua sets an ambush and lures the army of Ai into the open. The city is burned to rubble. Every man and woman in Ai — twelve thousand people — is killed. The king is captured, hung on a tree until evening, then his corpse is buried under a heap of stones at the city gate.

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Ai Burned: Twelve Thousand Slaughtered

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Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed. Take all the warriors with you, and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, with his people, his city, and his land.

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