Joshua 10:16

In a cave. "In the cave" according to the Masoretic pointing. So the LXX ; τὸ σπήλαιον . Dr. Maclear remarks on the number of caves in Palestine (see Genesis 19:30 ; 20:47 ), as well as the well-known caves of Adullam and Engedi ( 1 Samuel 22:1 , 1 Samuel 24:3 ), and the cave in which a hundred prophets were concealed by Obadiah ( 1 Kings 18:4 ). Also see note on Joshua 2:22 . But Lieut. Conder believes that in this particular neighbourhood there were few caves. See note on Makkedah above, Joshua 2:10 . For "these five kings" the original has simply "five kings." The order of the narrative is somewhat interrupted by the introduction of Joshua's adjuration, and the account of the flight of the five kings. Compare verse 11 with verse 20.