Ai

Ai was a fortified Canaanite city near Bethel that first repelled an overconfident Israelite attack because of Achan's hidden sin, then fell to Joshua's ambush once the sin was dealt with, becoming the second Canaanite city Israel captured. It was later resettled by Benjaminites returning from exile. The site is usually identified with et-Tell, though excavations there have found little significant Late Bronze Age occupation matching the traditional conquest period, a discrepancy that continues to divide scholars over the city's exact location or the dating of the conquest. A separate, minor Ai in Ammonite territory is mentioned once by Jeremiah.