Joshua 10:18
And Joshua saith, 'Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and appoint over it men to watch them;
Young's Literal Translation
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 is declared to Joshua, saying, 'The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.'
Cross References
Judges 9:46And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,
Amos 5:19As [when] one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
Matthew 27:66and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.
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 →