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Joshua 10

Josh. 10:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But these five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
fled
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
, and hid
chaba' (Hebrew #2244)
to secrete
KJV usage: X held, hide (self), do secretly.
Pronounce: khaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2245)
themselves in a cave
m`arah (Hebrew #4631)
a cavern (as dark)
KJV usage: cave, den, hole.
Pronounce: meh-aw-raw'
Origin: from 5783
a at Makkedah
Maqqedah (Hebrew #4719)
fold; Makkedah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Makkedah.
Pronounce: mak-kay-daw'
Origin: from the same as 5348 in the denominative sense of herding (compare 5349)
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Judg. 6:2• 2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds. (Judg. 6:2)
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1 Sam. 13:6• 6And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits. (1 Sam. 13:6)
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1 Sam. 24:3,8• 3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet; and David and his men were abiding in the recesses of the cave.
 8David also arose afterwards, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance. (1 Sam. 24:3,8)

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and hid.
Psa. 48:4‑6• 4For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;
 5They saw,--so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:
 6Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail. (Psa. 48:4‑6)
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Psa. 139:7‑10• 7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
 8If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there;
 9If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. (Psa. 139:7‑10)
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Isa. 2:10‑12• 10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.
 11The lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
 12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low; (Isa. 2:10‑12)
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Amos 9:2• 2Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down; (Amos 9:2)
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Rev. 6:15• 15And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; (Rev. 6:15)
in a cave.
Judg. 6:2• 2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds. (Judg. 6:2)
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1 Sam. 13:6• 6And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits. (1 Sam. 13:6)
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1 Sam. 24:3,8• 3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet; and David and his men were abiding in the recesses of the cave.
 8David also arose afterwards, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance. (1 Sam. 24:3,8)
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Isa. 2:19‑22• 19And they shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.
 20In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
 21to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the fissures of the cliffs, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.
 22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him? (Isa. 2:19‑22)
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Isa. 24:21‑22• 21And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
 22And they shall be brought together, as an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited. (Isa. 24:21‑22)
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Mic. 7:17• 17They shall lick dust like the serpent; like crawling things of the earth, they shall come trembling forth from their close places. They shall turn with fear to Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee. (Mic. 7:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.