Joshua 8:23-26

Contemporary English Version

^22-24Meanwhile, the other Israelite soldiers had come from the town and attacked the men of Ai from the rear. The Israelites captured the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua. They also chased the rest of the men of Ai into the desert and killed them.^[a]

The Israelite army went back to Ai and killed everyone there. ^25-26Joshua kept his sword pointed at the town of Ai until every last one of Ai's 12,000 people was dead.

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Footnotes

8.22-24 Joshua. They also chased … them: Or “Joshua. The men of Ai had chased the Israelites into the desert, but the Israelites killed them there.”