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When Joshua and his men saw that the others had taken the city and that it was on fire, they turned around and began killing the men of Ai.
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The Israelites in the city now came down to join the battle. So the men of Ai found themselves completely surrounded by Israelites, and they were all killed. No one got away, and no one lived through it
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except the king of Ai. He was captured and taken to Joshua.
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The Israelites killed every one of the enemy in the barren country where they had chased them. Then they went back to Ai and killed everyone there.
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Joshua kept his spear pointed at Ai and did not put it down until every person there had been killed. The whole population of Ai was killed that day - twelve thousand men and women.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.