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Joshua 10:16

Joshua 10:16 is verse 16 of Joshua chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

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King James Version

But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

World English Bible

These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

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Joshua 10:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.

15 Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

16 Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

17 And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

18 So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 48:4

For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

Psalms 48:5

They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

Psalms 48:6

Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

Psalms 139:7

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

Psalms 139:8

If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

Psalms 139:9

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

Psalms 139:10

even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

Isaiah 2:10

Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.

Isaiah 2:11

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

Amos 9:2

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

Revelation 6:15

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Judges 6:2

and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

1 Samuel 13:6

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

1 Samuel 24:3

Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.

1 Samuel 24:8

After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence

Isaiah 2:19

Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.

Isaiah 2:21

They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Isaiah 2:22

Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Isaiah 24:21

In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

Isaiah 24:22

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

Micah 7:17

They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

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