... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > the book of Joshua (Josue) > the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites under Joshua's leadership (part I) > the city of Ai taken by stratagem (Joshua 8:1-29) > the king of Ai is brought to Joshua and hanged > the body of the king of Ai is removed from the tree on which he had been hanged, thrown down before the city-gate and covered with a huge pile of stones