Joshua 8:29

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Summary

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

The king

Revelation 19:17

As soon

Joshua 10:27

A great heap

Joshua 7:26

2 Samuel 18:17

General references

Joshua 8:23

Bible References

The king

And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. And they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree,

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

LORD at thy right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

And immediately an agent of Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And after becoming worm-eaten, he expired.

And I saw one agent having stood in the sun, and he cried out in a great voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, Come, gather together to the great supper of God,

As soon

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the

A great heap

And they raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day, and LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, to this day.

And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every man to his tent.

General references

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