JOSHUA 10:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.”
The kings buried at Makkedah — They remained hanging on the trees until evening. At sunset, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day. The bodies are taken down before nightfall (observing the law in Deuteronomy 21) and cast into the very cave that had sheltered them. The sealing of the cave—with the kings inside—becomes a permanent monument to defeat. The phrase 'to this very day' (עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה) suggests that the sealed cave remains visible in the composition time of Joshua, a physical testimony to the victory.
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