Joshua 8:29
8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening.
1 At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree.
2 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).
3
Joshua 10:27
10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees.
4 They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.)
5
Joshua 10:2
10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified
6 because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.
Joshua 18:17
18:17 It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass
7 of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
Lamentations 3:53
3:53 They shut me 8 up in a pit
and threw stones at me.
1 tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.
3 tn Heb “to this day.”
4 sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.
5 tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.
7 tn Or “ascent.”
8 tn Heb “my life.”