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Joshua 10:23

in Joshua 10

So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.

KJV

And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

This verse in Joshua 10

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) He would hereby have the promise by Moses made good ( Deut. xxxiii. 29 ), Thou shalt tread upon their high places, that is, their great men, which should the rather be speedily fulfilled in the letter because they are the very last words of Moses that we find upon record.

This site's exposition

bring out those five kings

on Joshua 10:22-24

Setting the foot on the neck of a beaten king is a known act in the ancient east, carved on Egyptian and Assyrian monuments and meant as a public statement of who now rules. Joshua does not do it himself but calls the captains forward, so the sign is given to the men who have the rest of the land still to fight. Psalm 110:1 uses the same picture of enemies made a footstool, and Hebrews 10:12 to 13 applies that verse to Christ seated at the right hand of God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And they did so,.... Opened the mouth "of" the cave, by rolling away the stones: and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave; who are next mentioned by name, one by one, according to their dignity, and in the order they were brought unto him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon; who are particularly named for the greater glory of the conquest, and the triumph over them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The last act, probably the next day, was the disposal of the prisoners, among whom the five kings were consigned to the infamous doom of being slain (De 20:16, 17); and then their corpses were suspended on five trees till the evening.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֣עֲשׂוּand they did

    vaiyaasuH62132628 times

  • כֵ֔ןthus

    khenH3651771 times

  • וַיֹּצִ֣יאוּand they brought out

    vaiyotziuH33181067 times

  • אֵלָ֗יוto him

    ʾelavH4135510 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת[the] five

    chameshetH2568343 times

  • הַמְּלָכִ֥יםthe kings

    hamelakhimH44282525 times

  • הָאֵ֖לֶּה<the> these

    haelehH428746 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H44801188 times

  • הַמְּעָרָ֑הthe cave

    hamearahH463137 times

  • אֵ֣ת׀<obj.>

    ʾetH85310935 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389643 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • חֶבְרוֹן֙Hebron

    chevronH227572 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • יַרְמ֔וּתJarmuth

    yarmutH34127 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • לָכִ֖ישׁLachish

    lakhishH392324 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • עֶגְלֽוֹן׃Eglon

    eglonH570013 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 10:3

    Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

    it leads to

    • Micah 1:13

      Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

    • 2 Chronicles 11:9

      Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

    • 2 Samuel 2:11

      And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

  • Through

    Joshua 10:1

    Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of…

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 7:1

      This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

    • Joshua 11:19–20

      No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.

    • Joshua 6:21

      At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

    • Joshua 8:2

      And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind…

    • Joshua 9:15–27

      And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

About Joshua

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.