Joshua 8:29

KJV_Strongs⁽ⁱ⁾

29 H4428 And the king H5857 of Ai H8518 he hanged [H8804] H6086 on a tree H6256 until eventide H6153 H8121 : and as soon as the sun H935 was down [H8800] H3091 , Joshua H6680 commanded [H8765] H3381 that they should take H5038 his carcase H3381 down [H8686] H6086 from the tree H7993 , and cast [H8686] H6607 it at the entering H8179 of the gate H5892 of the city H6965 , and raise [H8686] H1419 thereon a great H1530 heap H68 of stones H3117 , that remaineth unto this day.

Online Parallel Study Bible

the king.The kings of Canaan lay under the same curse as their subjects and probably were more deeply criminal. The reserving of the king of Ai for a solemn execution, would tend to strike terror into the other kings, contribute to the success of Israel, and give their proceedings the stamp of a judicial process, and of executing the vengeance of God upon his enemies.
Joshua 10:26-28; Joshua 10:30; Joshua 10:33; Deuteronomy 21:22; Deuteronomy 21:23; Esther 7:10; Psalms 107:40; Psalms 110:5; Acts 12:23
Revelation 19:17; Revelation 19:18
as soon.
Joshua 10:27
a great heap.
Joshua 7:26; 2 Samuel 18:17