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Selected Verse: Joshua 10:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 10:16 |
Strong Concordance |
But these five [02568] kings [04428] fled [05127], and hid [02244] themselves in a cave [04631] at Makkedah [04719]. |
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King James |
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE FIVE KINGS HANGED. (Jos 10:16-27)
these five kings . . . hid themselves in a cave--Hebrew, "the cave."
at Makkedah--The pursuit was continued, without interruption, to Makkedah at the foot of the western mountains, where Joshua seems to have halted with the main body of his troops while a detachment was sent forward to scour the country in pursuit of the remaining stragglers, a few of whom succeeded in reaching the neighboring cities. The last act, probably the next day, was the disposal of the prisoners, among whom the five kings were consigned to the infamous doom of being slain (Deu 20:16-17); and then their corpses were suspended on five trees till the evening. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The thread of the narrative, broken by the four intermediate verses, Jos 10:12-15, is now resumed from Jos 10:11. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave that was a Makkedah. When they were discovered there, Joshua ordered large stones to be rolled before the entrance to the cave, and men to be placed there to watch, whilst the others pursued the enemy without ceasing, and smote their rear (vid., Deu 25:18), and prevented their entering into their cities. He himself remained at Makkedah (Jos 10:21). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A cave - A place of the greatest secrecy; but there is no escaping the eye or hand of God. At Makkedah - Heb. in Makkedah, not in the city, for that was not yet taken; but in the territory of it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Hid themselves in a cave - It is very likely that this cave was a fortified place among some rocks; for there were many such places in different parts of Palestine. |
16 But of the cities [05892] of these people [05971], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] doth give [05414] thee for an inheritance [05159], thou shalt save alive [02421] nothing that breatheth [05397]:
17 But thou shalt utterly [02763] destroy [02763] them; namely, the Hittites [02850], and the Amorites [0567], the Canaanites [03669], and the Perizzites [06522], the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983]; as the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath commanded [06680] thee:
16 But these five [02568] kings [04428] fled [05127], and hid [02244] themselves in a cave [04631] at Makkedah [04719].
17 And it was told [05046] Joshua [03091], saying [0559], The five [02568] kings [04428] are found [04672] hid [02244] in a cave [04631] at Makkedah [04719].
18 And Joshua [03091] said [0559], Roll [01556] great [01419] stones [068] upon the mouth [06310] of the cave [04631], and set [06485] men [0582] by it for to keep [08104] them:
19 And stay [05975] ye not, but pursue [07291] after [0310] your enemies [0341], and smite the hindmost [02179] of them; suffer [05414] them not to enter [0935] into their cities [05892]: for the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath delivered [05414] them into your hand [03027].
20 And it came to pass, when Joshua [03091] and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] had made an end [03615] of slaying [05221] them with a very [03966] great [01419] slaughter [04347], till they were consumed [08552], that the rest [08300] which remained [08277] of them entered [0935] into fenced [04013] cities [05892].
21 And all the people [05971] returned [07725] to the camp [04264] to Joshua [03091] at Makkedah [04719] in peace [07965]: none moved [02782] his tongue [03956] against any [0376] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
22 Then said [0559] Joshua [03091], Open [06605] the mouth [06310] of the cave [04631], and bring out [03318] those five [02568] kings [04428] unto me out of the cave [04631].
23 And they did [06213] so, and brought forth [03318] those five [02568] kings [04428] unto him out of the cave [04631], the king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], the king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], the king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and the king [04428] of Eglon [05700].
24 And it came to pass, when they brought out [03318] those kings [04428] unto Joshua [03091], that Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all the men [0376] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto the captains [07101] of the men [0582] of war [04421] which went [01980] with him, Come near [07126], put [07760] your feet [07272] upon the necks [06677] of these kings [04428]. And they came near [07126], and put [07760] their feet [07272] upon the necks [06677] of them.
25 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto them, Fear [03372] not, nor be dismayed [02865], be strong [02388] and of good courage [0553]: for thus shall the LORD [03068] do [06213] to all your enemies [0341] against whom ye fight [03898].
26 And afterward [0310] Joshua [03091] smote [05221] them, and slew [04191] them, and hanged [08518] them on five [02568] trees [06086]: and they were hanging [08518] upon the trees [06086] until the evening [06153].
27 And it came to pass at the time [06256] of the going down [0935] of the sun [08121], that Joshua [03091] commanded [06680], and they took them down [03381] off the trees [06086], and cast [07993] them into the cave [04631] wherein they had been hid [02244], and laid [07760] great [01419] stones [068] in the cave's [04631] mouth [06310], which remain until this very [06106] day [03117].
11 And it came to pass, as they fled [05127] from before [06440] Israel [03478], and were in the going down [04174] to Bethhoron [01032], that the LORD [03068] cast down [07993] great [01419] stones [068] from heaven [08064] upon them unto Azekah [05825], and they died [04191]: they were more [07227] which died [04191] with hailstones [01259] [068] than they whom [0834] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] slew [02026] with the sword [02719].
12 Then spake [01696] Joshua [03091] to the LORD [03068] in the day [03117] when the LORD [03068] delivered up [05414] the Amorites [0567] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and he said [0559] in the sight [05869] of Israel [03478], Sun [08121], stand thou still [01826] upon Gibeon [01391]; and thou, Moon [03394], in the valley [06010] of Ajalon [0357].
13 And the sun [08121] stood still [01826], and the moon [03394] stayed [05975], until the people [01471] had avenged [05358] themselves upon their enemies [0341]. Is not this [01931] written [03789] in the book [05612] of Jasher [03477]? So the sun [08121] stood still [05975] in the midst [02677] of heaven [08064], and hasted [0213] not to go down [0935] about a whole [08549] day [03117].
14 And there was no day [03117] like that before [06440] it or after [0310] it, that the LORD [03068] hearkened [08085] unto the voice [06963] of a man [0376]: for the LORD [03068] fought [03898] for Israel [03478].
15 And Joshua [03091] returned [07725], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto the camp [04264] to Gilgal [01537].
21 And all the people [05971] returned [07725] to the camp [04264] to Joshua [03091] at Makkedah [04719] in peace [07965]: none moved [02782] his tongue [03956] against any [0376] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
18 How he met [07136] thee by the way [01870], and smote the hindmost [02179] of thee, even all that were feeble [02826] behind [0310] thee, when thou wast faint [05889] and weary [03023]; and he feared [03373] not God [0430].