But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
These five kings fled and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. In this same chapter the slaying of souls in its cities means the slaying of the people, showing that soul means the whole person. The verse belongs to the account of Joshua's conquest of Canaan, a record largely written by Israel's leader Joshua himself. Joshua's name means saviour, the same as Jesus in Greek, and he was one of the two men of his generation who wholly followed the Lord through the forty years of temptation and wilderness.
He entered his greatest work at about eighty years of age, leading Israel through the Jordan, dividing the land, and setting them in the way to conquer all foes and find the promised rest, with the Captain of Jehovah's hosts with him. In that conquest victory came by God's invisible army, as when Jericho, the first-fruit of that evil land, fell, and defeat came from failing to trust, as at Ai. The land could have been possessed quickly had Israel been faithful, but backsliding after the triumph of Jericho brought repeated captivity and years lived in adversity instead of prosperity. The conquest took place when Palestine was politically disturbed and vulnerable to the Hebrews' advance.
These five kings fled and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. In this same chapter the slaying of souls in its cities means the slaying of the people, showing that soul means the whole person. The verse belongs to the account of Joshua's conquest of Canaan, a record largely written by Israel's leader Joshua himself. Joshua's name means saviour, the same as Jesus in Greek, and he was one of the two men of his generation who wholly followed the Lord through the forty years of temptation and wilderness.
He entered his greatest work at about eighty years of age, leading Israel through the Jordan, dividing the land, and setting them in the way to conquer all foes and find the promised rest, with the Captain of Jehovah's hosts with him. In that conquest victory came by God's invisible army, as when Jericho, the first-fruit of that evil land, fell, and defeat came from failing to trust, as at Ai. The land could have been possessed quickly had Israel been faithful, but backsliding after the triumph of Jericho brought repeated captivity and years lived in adversity instead of prosperity. The conquest took place when Palestine was politically disturbed and vulnerable to the Hebrews' advance.