“The armies of powerful kings ran away!\par The women at home will divide the things\par that the soldiers bring from the battle.\par The people who stayed at home\par will share in the wealth.\par
Joshua 10:16 - Easy To Read Version But during the fight, the five kings ran away. They hid in a cave near Makkedah. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave of Makkedah. American Standard Version (1901) And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. Common English Bible Then those five kings fled and hid in the cave at Makkedah. Catholic Public Domain Version For the five kings had fled, and had hidden themselves in a cave, near the city of Makkedah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the five kings were fled, and had hidden themselves in a cave of the city of Maceda. |
“The armies of powerful kings ran away!\par The women at home will divide the things\par that the soldiers bring from the battle.\par The people who stayed at home\par will share in the wealth.\par
They will get the dove wings\par covered with silver.\par They will get the wings\par sparkling with gold.”\par
“Edom, {\cf2\super [3]} I will make you the smallest nation.\par Everyone will hate you very much.\par
They will crawl in the dust like a snake.\par They will shake with fear.\par They will be like insects crawling\par from their holes in the ground\par and coming to the Lord our God.\par God, they will fear and respect you!\par
So these five Amorite kings joined armies. (The five kings were the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.) Those armies went to Gibeon. The armies surrounded the city and began fighting against it.
Then all the people hid in caves and behind the rocks on the mountains. There were the kings of the world, the rulers, the army commanders, the rich people and the powerful people. Every person, slave and free, hid himself.
The people of Midian were very powerful and were cruel to the people of Israel. So the people of Israel made many hiding places in the mountains. They hid their food in caves and places that were hard to find.
The Israelites saw that they were in trouble. They felt trapped. They ran away to hide in caves and cracks in the rock. They hid among the rocks, in wells, and in other holes in the ground.
Saul came to the sheep pens beside the road. There was a cave near there. Saul went into the cave to relieve himself. David and his men were hiding far back in the cave.