“Kings and their armies retreated and ran, and everything they left is now being divided.
Joshua 10:16 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition While the enemy soldiers were running from the Israelites, the five enemy kings ran away and hid in a cave near Makkedah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
“Kings and their armies retreated and ran, and everything they left is now being divided.
And for those who stayed back to guard the sheep, there are metal doves with silver-coated wings and shiny gold feathers.”
“If they dig deep into the earth or climb to the sky, I'll reach out and get them.
because of their fear of me, your Lord and God. Then they will come trembling, crawling out of their fortresses like insects or snakes, lapping up the dust.
After the battle, Joshua and the Israelites went back to their camp at Gilgal.
Joshua's soldiers told him, “The five kings have been found in a cave near Makkedah.”
When these five Amorite kings called their armies together and attacked Gibeon,
The kings of the earth, its famous people, and its military leaders hid in caves or behind rocks on the mountains. They hid there together with the rich and the powerful and with all the slaves and free people.
The Midianites were so cruel that many Israelites ran to the mountains and hid in caves.
The Israelite army realized that they were outnumbered and were going to lose the battle. Some of the Israelite men hid in caves or in clumps of bushes, and some ran to places where they could hide among large rocks. Others hid in tombs or in deep dry pits.
There were some sheep pens along the side of the road, and one of them was built around the entrance to a cave. Saul went into the cave to relieve himself. David and his men were hiding at the back of the cave.
Soon, David also got up and left the cave. “Your Majesty!” he shouted from a distance. Saul turned around to look. David bowed down very low