Joshua 10:16

Five Amorite Kings Killed

16 Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

Joshua 10:16 in Other Translations

16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

16 These five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

16 During the battle the five kings escaped and hid in a cave at Makkedah.

16 Meanwhile the five kings had hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

16 And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

16 The five kings ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.

16 Now the five [defeated] kings had fled and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

16 The five Amorite kings had run away. They had hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

Joshua 10:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:16

But these five kings fled
They were not killed by hailstones, nor slain by the sword of the Israelites, but made their escape, being reserved by the providence of God for a more shameful end:

and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah;
not in the city of Makkedah, which as yet was not in the hands of Israel, whereas this cave was, as appears by what follows; but it was in some hill, or mountain, near it; in the border of it, as Kimchi expresses it, and where a hill is shown to this day in which it was, as Drusius says.

Joshua 10:16 In-Context

14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened to a human being. Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!

15 Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

16 Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

17 When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah,

18 he said, “Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 68:12