22. Meanwhile, the Israelites who were inside the town came out and attacked the enemy from the rear. So the men of Ai were caught in the middle, with Israelite fighters on both sides. Israel attacked them, and not a single person survived or escaped.
23. Only the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua.
24. When the Israelite army finished chasing and killing all the men of Ai in the open fields, they went back and finished off everyone inside.
25. So the entire population of Ai, including men and women, was wiped out that day—12,000 in all.
26. For Joshua kept holding out his spear until everyone who had lived in Ai was completely destroyed.