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18 he issued this command: “Cover the opening of the cave with large rocks, and place guards at the entrance to keep the kings inside.

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18 he said, “Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it.

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66 So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it.

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66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal(A) on the stone(B) and posting the guard.(C)

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A Vision of God at the Altar

Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,

“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
    so that the foundation will shake.
Bring down the roof
    on the heads of the people below.
I will kill with the sword those who survive.
    No one will escape!

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Israel to Be Destroyed

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.(B)

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19 In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
    only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
    and he’s bitten by a snake.

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)

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30 Evil people are spared in times of calamity
    and are allowed to escape disaster.

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30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,(A)
    that they are delivered from[a] the day of wrath?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to

22 Then Joshua said, “Remove the rocks covering the opening of the cave, and bring the five kings to me.”

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22 Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”

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46 When the leading citizens who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid in the temple of Baal-berith.[a] 47 Someone reported to Abimelech that the citizens had gathered in the temple, 48 so he led his forces to Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and chopped some branches from a tree, then put them on his shoulder. “Quick, do as I have done!” he told his men. 49 So each of them cut down some branches, following Abimelech’s example. They piled the branches against the walls of the temple and set them on fire. So all the people who had lived in the tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:46 Hebrew El-berith, another name for Baal-berith; compare 9:4.

46 On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple(A) of El-Berith. 47 When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there, 48 he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon.(B) He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, “Quick! Do what you have seen me do!” 49 So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire with the people still inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.

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