Joshua 10:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The soldiers opened the entrance to the cave and brought out the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

Cross References

Joshua 10:1

King Adonizedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured and destroyed the town of Ai, and then killed its king as he had done at Jericho. He also learnt that the Gibeonites had signed a peace treaty with Israel.

Joshua 10:22

Joshua told his soldiers, “Now, move the rocks from the entrance to the cave and bring those five kings to me.”

Joshua 10:3

So Adonizedek sent messages to the kings of four other towns: King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon. The messages said,

Joshua 10:5

When these five Amorite kings called their armies together and attacked Gibeon,