Joshua 8:29 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body, as Joshua commanded, and threw it in front of the town gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today. The Lord’s Covenant Renewed

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Compare Deuteronomy 21:22-23 notes.

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree. —(See Note on Deuteronomy 21:22-23.) Hebrew, on the tree. Why “the

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

And the king of Ai he hanged, although he seems to have treated the king with great severity to satisfy the hatred of the people, I cannot…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide
By way of terror to other kings in the land of Canaan, that sh…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be dr…