NET Bible
"Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai."
— Joshua 8:26, NET Bible
“For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.”
“For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. ”
“For Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.”
“But Joshua drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.”
“For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.”
“For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.”
But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the wilderness(they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.
Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai.
Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in keeping with the LORD’s orders to Joshua.
Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound(it remains that way to this very day).
He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones(it remains to this very day).