And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.
Ver. 29. And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree,] i.e., Either on a gallows, or cross. The Septuagint has it, upon a double tree, a intimating the cross, propter dua ligna quae se invicem intersecant, because of the two pieces standing across, as the threads in the woof and warp; whence the Jews at this day, in derision of Christ crucified, call him the woof and warp, b because these two make the figure of the cross.
That they should take his carcass down from the tree.] Ab arbore infelici, as the Latins call it. This was according to the law; Deu 21:23 but it was otherwise in the case of Saul and his sons. 2Sa 21:9-10 God may dispense with his own law as he pleaseth.
a επι ξυλου διδυμον .
b נעלב שׁחי Stamen et subtegmen.