Joshua 10 · Verse 17

Joshua 10:17

And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
Joshua 10:17, King James Version

Joshua 10:17 in other translations

BSBAnd Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”
WEBJoshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
ASVAnd it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
YLTand it is declared to Joshua, saying, ‘The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.'
DARBYAnd it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found, hid in the cave at Makkedah.
BBEAnd word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.
WebsterAnd it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

What does Joshua 10:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:16-27

Jos 10:16-27. The Five Kings Hanged. 16-27. these five kings ... hid themselves in a cave--Hebrew, "the cave." at Makkedah--The pursuit was continued, without interruption, to Makkedah at the foot of the western mountains, where Joshua seems to have halted with the main body of his troops while a detachment was sent forward to scour the country in pursuit of the remaining stragglers, a few of whom succeeded in…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 10:15-27

None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. This shows their perfect safety. The kings were called to an account, as rebels against the Israel of God. Refuges of lies will but secure for God's judgment. God punished the abominable wickedness of these kings, the measure of whose iniquity was now full. And by this public act of justice, done upon these ringleaders of the Canaanites in sin, he would…

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Joshua 10:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֻּגַּ֖דvai.yu.Gadand it was toldH5046
לִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַli.ho.Shu.a'to JoshuaH3091
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
נִמְצְאוּ֙nim.tze.'Uthey have been foundH4672
חֲמֵ֣שֶׁתcha.Me.shet[the] fiveH2568
הַמְּלָכִ֔יםha.me.la.Khimthe kingsH4428
נֶחְבְּאִ֥יםnech.be.'ImhiddenH2244
בַּמְּעָרָ֖הba.me.'a.Rahin the caveH4631
בְּמַקֵּדָֽה\׃be.ma.ke.Dahat MakkedahH4719

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
This information brought to Joshua, is an evidence that there were those of the country, who knew the holes and fastnesses of it, that were in his interests. And the care Joshua took to secure them there, as it is an instance of his policy and presence of mind, even in the heat of action; so, in the success of their project, it shews how they who think to hide themselves from God, not only deceive, but destroy themselves. Their refuge of lies will but bind them over to God's judgment.
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Context

  • Joshua 10:16

    But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

  • Joshua 10:17

    And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

  • Joshua 10:18

    And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

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Joshua 10:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fué dicho á Josué que los cinco reyes habían sido hallados en una cueva en Maceda.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et on rapporta à Josué, en disant: Les cinq rois ont été trouvés cachés dans la caverne, à Makkéda.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es wurde Josua berichtet und gesagt: Die fünf Könige sind gefunden worden, versteckt in der Höhle zu Makkeda.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nuntiatumque est Josue quod inventi essent quinque reges latentes in spelunca urbis Maceda.