Joshua 10:16 Cross References - NSB

¹⁶ These five kings ran away and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

² The Midianites were very oppressive over Israel. So much so that the people of Israel hid from them in caves and other safe places in the mountains.

⁶ The Israelite army realized that they were outnumbered and were going to lose the battle. Some of the Israelite men hid in caves, thickets and rocks. Others hid in tombs or in deep dry pits.

³ There were some sheep pens along the side of the road. One of them was built around the entrance to a cave. So Saul went into the cave to relieve himself. David and his men were hiding at the back of the cave.

⁸ Then David got up and left the cave. He called to Saul: »My lord!« When Saul looked back. David knelt down with his face touching the ground.

⁴ Behold, the kings have assembled. And they passed by together. ⁵ They saw and then they were amazed. They were terrified and they fled in fear. ⁶ Panic seized them there, Anguish, like a woman in childbirth.

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? ⁸ If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in the grave, behold, you are there. ⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, ¹⁰ Even there your hand will lead me. Your right hand will lay hold of me.

¹⁰ Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the magnificence of his majesty. ¹¹ The arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day Jehovah alone will be exalted. ¹² All who are proud will be humbled. Jehovah of Hosts will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited.

¹⁹ People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth. ²⁰ That day people will throw their silver and gold idols, that they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and the bats. ²¹ They will go into caves in the rocks and into cracks in the cliffs because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth. ²² Stop trusting people, whose breath (life) is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?

²¹ That day Jehovah will punish the host of heaven on high and the kings of the earth below. ²² They will be gathered like prisoners in the dungeon tower. They will be confined in prison and after many days they will be punished.

² »Though they dig into the grave my hand will take them. Though they climb to heaven I will bring them down.

¹⁷ »They will lick up the dust like a serpent. They will come trembling out of their hole like crawling things of the earth. They will approach Jehovah our God with fear and be afraid because of you.«

¹⁵ The kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the military commanders, and the mighty men, and every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.