Joshua 10:22

10:22 Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings 1  out of the cave to me.”

Joshua 8:17

8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; 2  they all went out after Israel. 3  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

Joshua 10:18

10:18 Joshua said, “Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it. 4 

Joshua 21:12

21:12 (Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)

Joshua 8:24

8:24 When Israel had finished killing all the men 5  of Ai who had chased them toward the desert 6  (they all fell by the sword), 7  all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

Joshua 10:27

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. 8  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.) 9 

1 tn Heb “these five kings.”

2 tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

3 tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

3 tn Heb “and appoint by it men to guard them.”

4 tn Heb “residents.”

5 tn Heb “in the field, in the desert in which they chased them.”

6 tc Heb “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed.” The LXX omits the words, “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword.” They may represent a later scribal addition.

5 sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

6 tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.