Joshua 10:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
American King James Version (AKJV)
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.
Webster's Revision
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
World English Bible
These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
Clarke's Joshua 10:16 Bible Commentary
Hid themselves in a cave - It is very likely that this cave was a fortified place among some rocks; for there were many such places in different parts of Palestine.
Barnes's Joshua 10:16 Bible Commentary
The thread of the narrative, broken by the four intermediate verses, Joshua 10:12-15, is now resumed from Joshua 10:11.
Wesley's Joshua 10:16 Bible Commentary
10:16 A cave - A place of the greatest secrecy; but there is no escaping the eye or hand of God. At Makkedah - Heb. in Makkedah, not in the city, for that was not yet taken; but in the territory of it.