SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:18
Entonces Josué dijo: Rodad grandes piedras a la boca de la cueva, y poned hombres junto a ella que los guarden;
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. And Joshua said, roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave , etc.] To keep the kings in, that they might not make their escape, until he had convenient time to have them brought before him, and be treated by him as they deserved; and no doubt there were plenty of stones about the hill or mountain, in which this cave was, fit for this purpose: and set men by it for to keep them ; as a guard upon them, to prevent their escape.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-27 - None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. This show their perfect safety. The kings were called to an account, as rebel against the Israel of God. Refuges of lies will but secure for God' judgment. God punished the abominable wickedness of these kings, the measure of whose iniquity was now full. And by this public act of justice, done upon these ringleaders of the Canaanites in sin, he woul possess his people with the greater dread and detestation of the sin of the nations that God cast out from before them. Here is a type an figure of Christ's victories over the powers of darkness, and of believers' victories through him. In our spiritual conflicts we mus not be satisfied with obtaining some important victory. We must pursu our scattered enemies, searching out the remains of sin as they rise u in our hearts, and thus pursue the conquest. In so doing, the Lord wil afford light until the warfare be accomplished.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 יהושׁע 3091 גלו 1556 אבנים 68 גדלות 1419 אל 413 פי 6310 המערה 4631 והפקידו 6485 עליה 5921 אנשׁים 582 לשׁמרם׃ 8104
