Joshua 10:17

Bible in Basic English

And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It was reported to Joshua: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

Hebrew Names Version
It was told Yehoshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

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

Lexham English Bible
And it was told to Joshua, saying, "The five kings were found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

English Standard Version
And it was told to Joshua, "The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

New Century Version
but someone found them hiding in the cave at Makkedah and told Joshua.

New English Translation
Joshua was told, "The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah."

Amplified Bible
And Joshua was told, "The five kings have been found and are hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

New American Standard Bible
And it was told to Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And it was tolde Ioshua, saying, The fiue Kings are found hid in a caue at Makkedah.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then it was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

Contemporary English Version
Joshua's soldiers told him, "The five kings have been found in a cave near Makkedah."

Complete Jewish Bible
and it was reported to Y'hoshua that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.

Darby Translation
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found, hid in the cave at Makkedah.

Easy-to-Read Version
but someone found them hiding in that cave. Joshua learned about this.

George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua was told, The five kings have been found hidden in the cave of Makkar.

Good News Translation
Someone found them, and Joshua was told where they were hiding.

Literal Translation
And it was told to Joshua, saying, the five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then was it tolde Iosua: We haue foude the fyue kynges hyd in the caue at Makeda.

American Standard Version
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it was tolde Iosuah [of one] saying, The fiue kinges are founde hyd in a caue which is at Makeda.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it was told Joshua, saying: 'The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.'

King James Version (1611)
And it was told Ioshua, saying, The fiue kings are found hid in a caue at Makkedah.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hid in the cave that is in Makeda.

English Revised Version
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

Berean Standard Bible
And Joshua was informed: "The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was teld to Josue, that fyue kyngis weren foundun hid in the denne of the citee of Maceda.

Young's Literal Translation
and it is declared to Joshua, saying, `The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.'

Update Bible Version
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

World English Bible
It was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

New King James Version
And it was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

New Living Translation
When Joshua heard that they had been found,

New Life Bible
Joshua was told, "The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah."

New Revised Standard
And it was told Joshua, "The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it was told Joshua, saying, - The five kings are found, hid in a cave at Makkedah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told Josue, that the five kings were found hid in a cave of the city of Maceda.

Revised Standard Version
And it was told Joshua, "The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makke'dah."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
It was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal. ¹⁶ But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah. ¹⁷ And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah. ¹⁸ And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it: ¹⁹ But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands. ²⁰ Now when Joshua and the children of Israel had come to the end of their war of complete destruction, and had put to death all but a small band who had got safely into the walled towns, ²¹ All the people went back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Makkedah in peace: and no one said a word against the children of Israel. ²² Then Joshua said, Take away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five kings come out to me. ²³ And they did so, and made those five kings come out of the hole to him, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. ²⁴ And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure 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.

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:23 - General Isaiah 24:22 - they shall Revelation 6:15 - hid

Cross-References

Genesis 34:2
And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was told Joshua,.... Either by some of his own people, or by some of the inhabitants of the land in his interest, who had observed it:

saying, the five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah: this seems to make it appear that they were others, and not Joshua's soldiers, that found them; for had they, no doubt they would have seized them, and brought them before him, or slain them, unless they chose first to know his will concerning them, next expressed.