17 When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah,
17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
17 And it was told to Joshua, "The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah."
17 Joshua was told, "The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah."
17 And it was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."
17 When Joshua heard that they had been found,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 10:17
Commentary on Joshua 10:15-27
(Read Joshua 10:15-27)
None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. This shows their perfect safety. The kings were called to an account, as rebels against the Israel of God. Refuges of lies will but secure for God's judgment. God punished the abominable wickedness of these kings, the measure of whose iniquity was now full. And by this public act of justice, done upon these ringleaders of the Canaanites in sin, he would possess his people with the greater dread and detestation of the sins of the nations that God cast out from before them. Here is a type and figure of Christ's victories over the powers of darkness, and of believers' victories through him. In our spiritual conflicts we must not be satisfied with obtaining some important victory. We must pursue our scattered enemies, searching out the remains of sin as they rise up in our hearts, and thus pursue the conquest. In so doing, the Lord will afford light until the warfare be accomplished.