“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” The women waiting at home divide the plunder,
Joshua 10:16 - Y'all Version Bible 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. |
“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” The women waiting at home divide the plunder,
while y’all lie down among the sheep, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.
They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to YHWH our God, and will be afraid because of you.
Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
Therefore 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 themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
The kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the wealthy, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel, and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits.
He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect.