When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down 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 accordance with the Lord’s orders to Joshua.

They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you trick us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?

and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)

“Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”

Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.

Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. No one dared threaten the Israelites.

Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings out of the cave to me.”

Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.

Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck down him and his army until no survivors remained.

Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.

Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned.

When Joshua was very old, the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land.