<p class="bodytext">The five Amorite kings<n id="1" /> ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.

Joshua was told, &#8220;The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.&#8221;

He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel<n id="1" /> and Ai.

Joshua said, &#8220;Open the cave&#8217;s mouth and bring the five kings<n id="1" /> out of the cave to me.&#8221;

Then Joshua executed them<n id="1" /> and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.

So now, look, the <sc>Lordsc> has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the <sc>Lordsc> spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.

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.<n id="1" />p>

They did as ordered;<n id="1" /> they brought the five kings<n id="2" /> out of the cave to him &#8211; the kings of Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

from the Shihor River<n id="1" /> east of<n id="2" /> Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory),<n id="3" /> including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land<n id="4" />