Joshua 10:16
But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
In Context
15And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal.
17And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:6When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.
1 Samuel 24:8\24:7\So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.
Psalms 68:13\68:12\Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods.
Isaiah 2:10Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.
Isaiah 24:21And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.
Micah 7:17They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:16-28
The Five Kings Slain. ( b. c. 1450.) 15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lord your… Read the whole commentary →