Joshua 10:16-17

10:16 The five Amorite kings 1  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. 2  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.) 3 

1 tn Heb “these five kings.”

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

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