Then Joshua said, “Remove the rocks covering the opening of the cave, and bring the five kings to me.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Joshua said, “Open the cave entrance, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.”
- KJV Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
- BSB Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”
- NKJV Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings to me from the cave.”
- NASB Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave.”
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Quick answer
Joshua orders the cave opened and the five kings brought out to him. The time of their judgment has come.
Overview
With the battle won, Joshua turns to the captured kings, commanding that they be led out of their hiding place. The opening of the sealed cave marks the transition from confinement to public reckoning. It dramatizes that those who defied God's people will be brought into the open to face justice.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 1
- 1 Sam 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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