Josué 10:16

16 Pero los cinco reyes huyeron, y se escondieron en una cueva en Maceda.

Josué 10:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:16

But these five kings fled
They were not killed by hailstones, nor slain by the sword of the Israelites, but made their escape, being reserved by the providence of God for a more shameful end:

and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah;
not in the city of Makkedah, which as yet was not in the hands of Israel, whereas this cave was, as appears by what follows; but it was in some hill, or mountain, near it; in the border of it, as Kimchi expresses it, and where a hill is shown to this day in which it was, as Drusius says.

Josué 10:16 In-Context

14 Y nunca fué tal día antes ni después de aquél, habiendo atendido Jehová á la voz de un hombre: porque Jehová peleaba por Israel.

15 Y Josué, y todo Israel con él, volvíase al campo en Gilgal.

16 Pero los cinco reyes huyeron, y se escondieron en una cueva en Maceda.

17 Y fué dicho á Josué que los cinco reyes habían sido hallados en una cueva en Maceda.

18 Entonces Josué dijo: Rodad grandes piedras á la boca de la cueva, y poned hombres junto á ella que los guarden;