Joshua 10:16
For the five kings were fled, and had hidden themselves in a cave of the city of Maceda.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
In Context
15And Josue returned with all Israel into the camp of Galgal.
17And it was told Josue that the five kings were found hidden in a cave of the city of Maceda.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:6And when the men of Israel saw that they were straitened, (for the people were distressed,) they hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in dens, and in pits.
1 Samuel 24:8And David stopped his men with his words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rising up out of the cave, went on his way.
Psalms 68:13The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.
Isaiah 2:10Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah 24:21And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high, and upon the kings of the earth, on the earth.
Micah 7:17They shall lick the dust like serpents, as the creeping things of the earth, they shall be disturbed in their houses: they shall dread the Lord our God, and shall fear thee.
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 →