Josué 10:17

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

Josué 10:17 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:17

And it was told Joshua
Either by some of his own people, or by some of the inhabitants of the land in his interest, who had observed it:

saying, the five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah:
this seems to make it appear that they were others, and not Joshua's soldiers, that found them; for had they, no doubt they would have seized them, and brought them before him, or slain them, unless they chose first to know his will concerning them, next expressed.

Josué 10:17 In-Context

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;
19 Y vosotros no os paréis, sino seguid á vuestros enemigos, y heridles la retaguardia, sin dejarles entrar en sus ciudades; porque Jehová vuestro Dios los ha entregado en vuestra mano.
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