"And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:" — Joshua 10:18

Joshua 10:18 · KJV

“And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:”

— Joshua 10:18

And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

And stay ye not, {but} pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand. {smite...: Heb. cut off the tail}

Joshua 10 — Context

But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest {which} remained of them entered into fenced cities.

Cross References

Matthew 27:66

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

Job 21:30

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. {wrath: Heb. wraths}

Joshua 10:22

Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.

Amos 9:1

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. {lintel: or, chapiter, or, knop} {cut...: or, wound them}

Amos 5:19

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.

Judges 9:46-49

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard {that}, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.