Joshua 10:17
Strong's Lexicon
And Joshua
לִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ (lî·hō·wō·šu·a‘)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3091: Joshua or Jehoshua = 'Jehovah is salvation' n pr m 1) son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan 2) a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it 3) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration 4) governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem

was informed
וַיֻּגַּ֖ד (way·yug·gaḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: 1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known 1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare 1a1) to tell, announce, report 1a2) to declare, make known, expound 1a3) to inform of 1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim 1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess 1a5a) messenger (participle) 1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported

לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“The five
חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת (ḥă·mê·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2568: 1) five 1a) five (cardinal number) 1b) a multiple of five (with another number) 1c) fifth (ordinal number)

kings
הַמְּלָכִ֔ים (ham·mə·lā·ḵîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

have been found;
נִמְצְאוּ֙ (nim·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4672: 1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

they are hiding
נֶחְבְּאִ֥ים (neḥ·bə·’îm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2244: 1) to withdraw, hide 1a) (Niphal) to hide oneself 1b) (Pual) to be forced into hiding 1c) (Hiphil) to hide 1d) (Hophal) to be hidden 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to hide oneself, draw back 1e2) to draw together, thicken, harden

in the cave
בַּמְּעָרָ֖ה (bam·mə·‘ā·rāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4631: 1) cave, den, hole

at Makkedah.”
בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃ (bə·maq·qê·ḏāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4719: Makkedah = 'place of shepherds' 1) the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

Young's Literal Translation
and it is declared to Joshua, saying, ‘The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It was reported to Joshua: “ The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

New American Standard Bible
It was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

King James Bible
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah,

New Living Translation
When Joshua heard that they had been found,

English Standard Version
And it was told to Joshua, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”

New American Standard Bible
It was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It was reported to Joshua: "The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah."

International Standard Version
Joshua was informed, "The five kings have been discovered hiding in the cave at Makkedah."

NET Bible
Joshua was told, "The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah."

American Standard Version
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

English Revised Version
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

Young's Literal Translation
and it is declared to Joshua, saying, 'The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.'
















Cross References
Joshua 10:16
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

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

Joshua 1:1
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Joshua 10:15
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

Joshua 10:14
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.

Joshua 10:19
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.

Joshua 10:20
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.
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