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New American Standard Bible

Joshua 10:22

Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adoni-Zedek;   Amorites;   Captive;   Cave;   Debir;   Hebron;   Jerusalem;   Makkedah;   Prisoners;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adonizedek;   Foot;   Makkedah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mouth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adoni-Zedec;   Gibeon;   Hoham;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Makkedah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adoni-Zedek;   Amorites;   Hoham;   Japhia;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adoni-Bezek;   Adoni-Zedek;   Israel;   Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adonizedec ;   Eglon ;   Gibeon ;   Hoham ;   Jebusites ;   Lachish ;   Makkedah ;   Sun;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonizedek;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Lachish;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Adonize'dek;   Makke'dah;   Shahaz'imah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoni-Zedek;   Hoham;   Japhia (1);   Joshua, Book of;   Mouth;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adonizedek;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hoham;   Jebusites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings to me out of there.”
Hebrew Names Version
Then said Yehoshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.
King James Version
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
Lexham English Bible
And Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave, and bring to me those five kings from the cave."
English Standard Version
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me from the cave."
New Century Version
Joshua said, "Move the rocks that are covering the opening of the cave and bring those five kings out to me."
New English Translation
Joshua said, "Open the cave's mouth and bring the five kings out of the cave to me."
Amplified Bible
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring out to me those five [Amorite] kings from the cave."
Geneva Bible (1587)
After, Ioshua sayd, Open the mouth of the caue, and bring out these fiue Kings vnto me forth of the caue.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave."
Contemporary English Version
Joshua told his soldiers, "Now, move the rocks from the entrance to the cave and bring those five kings to me."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Y'hoshua said, "Open up the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.
Darby Translation
And Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth to me those five kings out of the cave.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joshua said, "Move the rocks that are covering the entrance to the cave. Bring the five kings to me."
George Lamsa Translation
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings to me.
Good News Translation
Then Joshua said, "Open the entrance to the cave and bring those five kings out to me."
Literal Translation
And Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out to me these five kings from the cave.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iosua sayde: Open the mouth of the caue, and brynge the fyue kynge forth vnto me.
American Standard Version
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Iosuah, Open the mouth of the caue, and bryng out these fiue kinges vnto me out of the caue.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Joshua: 'Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave.'
King James Version (1611)
Then said Ioshua, Open the mouth of the caue, and bring out those fiue kings vnto me out of the caue.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua said, Open the cave, and bring out these five kings out of the cave.
English Revised Version
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings out to me."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Josue comaundide, and seide, Opene ye the `mouth of the denne, and brynge forth to me the fyue kyngis that ben hid therynne.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua saith, `Open ye the mouth of the cave, and bring out unto me these five kings from the cave;'
Update Bible Version
Then Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings to me out of the cave.
World English Bible
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.
New King James Version
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings to me from the cave."
New Living Translation
Then Joshua said, "Remove the rocks covering the opening of the cave, and bring the five kings to me."
New Life Bible
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me."
New Revised Standard
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings out to me from the cave."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Joshua, Open ye the mouth of the cave, - and bring out unto me, these five kings, out of the cave.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josue gave orders, saying: Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth to me the five kings that lie hid therein.
Revised Standard Version
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings out to me from the cave."
THE MESSAGE
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring me those five kings."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave."

Contextual Overview

15 Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal. 16 Now these five kings had fled and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told to Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah." 18 So Joshua said, "Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men by it to guard them, 19 but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has handed them over to you." 20 It came about when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them down in a very great defeat, until they were destroyed, and the survivors of them who escaped had entered the fortified cities, 21 that all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. No one uttered a word against any of the sons of Israel. 22 Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave."23 They did so, and brought these five kings out to him from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 When they brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the leaders of the men of war who had gone with him, "Come forward, put your feet on the necks of these kings." So they came forward and put their feet on their necks.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:32 Joshua 10:16-18

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:18 - General Judges 5:19 - kings Judges 8:12 - took Isaiah 24:22 - they shall Ezekiel 24:6 - bring

Cross-References

Genesis 9:26
He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.
Genesis 10:1
Now these are the records of the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD."
Genesis 10:17
the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,
Genesis 10:27
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
Numbers 23:7
And he took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab's king from the mountains of the East, saying, 'Come, declare Jacob cursed for me, And come, curse Israel!'
2 Kings 15:19
Pul, the king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule.
Job 1:17
While he was still speaking, another came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three units and made a raid on the camels and took them, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
Isaiah 11:11
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover with His hand the second time The remnant of His people who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 21:2
A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have put an end to all the groaning she has caused.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Joshua, open the mouth of the cave,.... That is, roll away the great stones that were laid at the mouth of it:

and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave; to receive their sentence in a public manner, for the encouragement of his troops and the terror of the Canaanites, particularly Makkedah, now besieged by him.


 
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