Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 8:29

29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree , until even-tide: and assoon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded, that they should take his carcase down from the tree , and cast it at the entring of the gate of the city , and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day

He dealt more severely with the Kings of Canaan than with the people, partly because the abominable wickedness of that people was not restrained and punished (as it should have been) but countenanced and encouraged by their evil examples and administrations; and partly because they were the principal Authors of the Destruction of their own people, by engaging them in an obstinate opposition against the Israelites.

According to Gods command in that case, Deut. 21. 22.

Which place he chose either as most commodious, now especially when all the City within the Gate was already turned into an heap of Stones and Rubbish; or because this was the usual place of Judgment; and therefore proper to bear the monument of Gods [illegible: 1+ letters]ust Sentence against him, not without reflection upon that Injustice which he had been guilty of in that place.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] ▪ 7. 26.