18And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
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So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-27)It was a brave appearance, no doubt, which the five kings made when they took the field for the reducing of Gibeon, and a brave army they had following them; but they were all routed, put into disorder first, and then brought to destruction by the hail-stones. And now Joshua thought, his work being done, he might go with his army into quarters of refreshment. Accordingly it was resolved, perhaps i…
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