Joshua 10:16-17

10:16 The five Amorite kings ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah. 10:17 Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

Joshua 10:27

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.)


tn Heb “these five kings.”

sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.