²¹ They devoted^(A) the city to the Lord and destroyed^(B) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

²² Those in the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives.^(A)

²⁶ For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin^(A) until he had destroyed^[a](B) all who lived in Ai.^(C)

²⁸ So Joshua burned^(A) Ai^[a](B) and made it a permanent heap of ruins,^(C) a desolate place to this day.^(D)

¹⁵ Then Joshua made a treaty of peace^(A) with them to let them live,^(B) and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.