Jos 8:29 | HCSB | STEP | He hung the body of the king of Ai on a tree until evening , and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree . They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day .

‏ Joshua 8:29

29 He hung ^{▼▼Or impaled} the body of the king of Ai on a tree ^{▼▼Or wooden stake} until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree. ^c They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.