KJV ORIGINAL
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Someone came and told Joshua, 'The five kings have been found hiding in a cave at Makkedah.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows that the five enemy kings who had attacked Israel were discovered hiding in a cave, unable to escape God's judgment.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred during Joshua's conquest of Canaan when five Amorite kings had formed an alliance to attack Gibeon, which had made peace with Israel. After God miraculously helped Israel defeat their armies with hailstones and by making the sun stand still, these kings fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah, a city in the lowlands of Judah.
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