Joshua 10:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They did as ordered; they brought the five kings out of the cave to him– the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 10:1 : 1 Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.
  • Josh 10:3 : 3 So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:
  • Josh 10:5 : 5 So the five Amorite kings(the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.

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  • Josh 10:22
    91%

    22Joshua said,“Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings out of the cave to me.”

  • Josh 10:15-18
    4 verses
    84%

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

    16The five Amorite kings ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.

    17Joshua was told,“The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

    18Joshua said,“Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it.

  • Josh 10:24-27
    4 verses
    82%

    24When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him,“Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.

    25Then Joshua said to them,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Be strong and brave, for the LORD will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.”

    26Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.

    27At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave.(They remain to this very day.)

  • Josh 10:3-6
    4 verses
    82%

    3So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:

    4“Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

    5So the five Amorite kings(the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.

    6The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal,“Do not abandon your subjects! Come up here quickly and rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”

  • Josh 10:33-37
    5 verses
    74%

    33Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down, as well as his army, until no survivors remained.

    34Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops and fought against it.

    35That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they annihilated it just as they had done to Lachish.

    36Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

    37They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they left no survivors. As they had done at Eglon, they annihilated it and all who lived there.

  • Josh 10:30
    73%

    30The LORD handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 10:1
    73%

    1Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

  • Josh 8:23
    72%

    23But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

  • Josh 9:1
    72%

    1The Gibeonites Deceive Israel When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan– in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the Mediterranean coast as far as Lebanon(including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)–

  • Josh 11:5
    72%

    5All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.

  • Josh 12:7-11
    5 verses
    72%

    7These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes,

    8including the hill country, the foothills, the rift valley, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev– the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:

    9the king of Jericho(one), the king of Ai– located near Bethel–(one),

    10the king of Jerusalem(one), the king of Hebron(one),

    11the king of Jarmuth(one), the king of Lachish(one),

  • Josh 10:39-41
    3 verses
    72%

    39They captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king what they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.

    40Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

    41Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.

  • Josh 7:23
    71%

    23They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the LORD.

  • Josh 11:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.

    18Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.

  • Josh 24:11
    70%

    11You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.

  • Josh 2:23
    69%

    23Then the two men returned– they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

  • Josh 10:10
    69%

    10The LORD routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

  • Josh 5:1
    69%

    1When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.

  • Josh 11:10
    69%

    10At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms.