2 And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.

1 And the Lord said to Joshua, ^p“Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given ^qinto your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land. 2 And you shall do to Ai and its king ^ras you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ^sambush against the city, behind it.”

40 So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but devoted to destruction ^call that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel commanded.