Joshua 10:22

Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.

In Context

21The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.

23So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:23But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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 →

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