Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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Bible References

The king

Joshua 10:26
Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
Deuteronomy 21:22
If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Psalm 107:40
He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
Psalm 110:5
The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Revelation 19:17
I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,

As soon

Joshua 10:27
It happened 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 cave, which remain to this very day.

A great heap

Joshua 7:26
They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor" to this day.
2 Samuel 18:17
They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled everyone to his tent.

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Joshua 8:23
They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.