And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
The burning of Ai belongs to the renewed taking of the city after Achan's sin had been judged and his sentence carried out. With God's power and help with them, Israel defeated the city in that renewed attack and soon possessed it. Joshua then burned Ai and made it a heap and a desolation continuing ever after as a lasting ruin.
The conquest of Ai stands among the events associated with Gilgal, where the Israelites made their first encampment in the promised land.
The burning of Ai belongs to the renewed taking of the city after Achan's sin had been judged and his sentence carried out. With God's power and help with them, Israel defeated the city in that renewed attack and soon possessed it. Joshua then burned Ai and made it a heap and a desolation continuing ever after as a lasting ruin.
The conquest of Ai stands among the events associated with Gilgal, where the Israelites made their first encampment in the promised land.