Joshua 10:16

And it was told Joshua,.... Either by some of his own people, or by some of the inhabitants of the land in his interest, who had observed it:

saying, the five kings are found hid in a cave at…

The thread of the narrative, broken by the four intermediate verses, Jos 10:12-15, is now resumed from Jos 10:11.

Hid themselves in a cave - It is very likely that this cave was a fortified place among some rocks; for there were many such places in different parts of Palestine.

It was a brave appearance, no doubt, which the five kings made when they took the field for the reducing of Gibeon, and a brave army they had following them; but they were all routed, put into…

Flight and Execution of the Five Kings

16. But these five kings Here the regular historical narrative is resumed. The second stage in the flight was over. "In the lengthened day granted to Joshua's…