A moment in scripture
Joshua 10:17
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And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
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The surrounding passage
- Joshua 10:15
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
- Joshua 10:16
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves 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:
- Joshua 10:19
And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.