“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!” The women at home divide the spoil—
Joshua 10:16 - English Standard Version 2016 These five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at 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. |
“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!” The women at home divide the spoil—
though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
“If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they shall be in fear of you.
And it was told to Joshua, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it.
Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,
And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns,
And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.
Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage.