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Five Kings Defeated

16 Meanwhile, these five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.(A)

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15 Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,(A)

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17 they shall lick dust like a snake,
    like the crawling things of the earth;
they shall come trembling out of their fortresses;
    they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
    and they shall stand in fear of you.(A)

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Though they dig into Sheol,
    from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
    from there I will bring them down.(A)

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21 On that day the Lord will punish
    the host of heaven in heaven
    and on earth the kings of the earth.(A)
22 They will be gathered together
    like prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days they will be punished.(B)

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19 Enter the caves of the rocks
    and the holes of the ground,
from the terror of the Lord
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he rises to terrify the earth.(A)
20 On that day people will throw away
    to the moles and to the bats
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
    which they made for themselves to worship,(B)
21 to enter the caverns of the rocks
    and the clefts in the crags,
from the terror of the Lord
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he rises to terrify the earth.(C)
22 [[Turn away from mortals,
    who have only breath in their nostrils,
    for of what account are they?]][a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.22 Gk OL lack 2.22

10 Enter into the rock,
    and hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord
    and from the glory of his majesty.]][a](A)
11 The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low,
    and the pride of everyone shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(B)
12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
    against all that is proud and lofty,
    against all that is lifted up and high;[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.9–10 Q ms lacks do not forgive . . . majesty
  2. 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low

Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?(A)
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.(B)
If I take the wings of the morning
    and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me fast.(C)

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Then the kings assembled;
    they came on together.(A)
As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
    they were in panic; they took to flight;(B)
trembling took hold of them there,
    pains as of a woman in labor,

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Afterward David also rose up and went out of the cave and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and did obeisance.(A)

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He came to the sheepfolds beside the road, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himself.[a] Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 24.3 Heb to cover his feet

When the Israelites saw that they were in distress (for the troops were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns.(A)

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The hand of Midian prevailed over Israel, and because of Midian the Israelites provided for themselves hiding places in the mountains, caves and strongholds.

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