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Called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chr. 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Josh. 7:1). On the occasion of the fall of [[Jericho(EBD)|Jericho]], he seized, contrary to the divine command, an ingot of [[Gold (EBD)|gold]], a quantity of [[Silver (EBD)|silver]], and a costly [[Babylonish garment (EBD)|Babylonish garment]], which he hid in his [[Tent (EBD)|tent]]. [[Joshua (EBD)|Joshua ]] was convinced that the defeat which the [[Israel (EBD)|Israelites ]] afterwards sustained before [[Ai (EBD)|Ai]] was a proof of the divine displeasure on account of some crime, and he at once adopted means by the use of the [[Lot (EBD)|lot ]] for discovering the criminal. It was then found that Achan was guilty, and he was [[Stoning (EBD)|stoned ]] to [[Death (EBD)|death ]] in the [[Valley (EBD)|valley ]] of [[Achor (EBD)|Achor]]. He and all that belonged to him were then consumed by [[Fire (EBD)|fire]], and a heap of [[Stone (EBD)|stones ]] was raised over the [[Ashes (EBD)|ashes]].