Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they annihilated it just as they had done to Lachish.

Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.