Joshua 10:18
Then Ioshua said, Roule great stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and set men by it for to keepe them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
In Context
17And it was tolde Ioshua, saying, The fiue Kings are found hid in a caue at Makkedah.
Cross References
Judges 9:46And when all the men of the towre of Shechem heard it, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith.
Amos 5:19As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Matthew 27:66And they went, and made the sepulchre sure with the watch, and sealed the stone.
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 →