At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
Joshua 2:6 - Y'all Version Bible But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order there. American Standard Version (1901) But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. Common English Bible But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the flax stalks that she had laid out on the roof. Catholic Public Domain Version But she caused the men to ascend to the roof of her house, and she covered them with the stalks of flax that were there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there. |
At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed YHWH’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of YHWH’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
for when Jezebel cut off YHWH’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and him and his in a bedroom. They hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not killed.
The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but YHWH hid them.
The one on the housetop must not go down to take anything out of their house.
When you build a new house, you must make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was an extraordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out another way?
About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Y’all must chase them quickly, and y’all will catch up with them!”
The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.