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

约书亚说：“你们把几块大石头滚到洞口，派人看守，

约书亚说：“你们把几块大石头滚到洞口，派人在那里看守他们。

约书亚说：“你们把几块大石头滚到洞口，派人在那里看守他们。

约书亚便下令说：“滚几块大石头堵住洞口，派人看守。

约书亚说：“你们把几块大石头辊到洞口那里去，并派人到洞口去看守他们。

約書亞說：「你們把幾塊大石頭滾到洞口，派人看守，

約書亞說：「你們把幾塊大石頭滾到洞口，派人在那裏看守他們。

約書亞說：「你們把幾塊大石頭滾到洞口，派人在那裏看守他們。

約書亞便下令說：「滾幾塊大石頭堵住洞口，派人看守。

約書亞說：“你們把幾塊大石頭輥到洞口那裡去，並派人到洞口去看守他們。

約書亞說：『把幾塊大石頭輥到洞口，派人看守着。

約書亞曰、轉大石於穴口、使人守之、

約書亞曰、移大石塞穴、使人守之、

約書亞命曰、轉大石於穴口、令人守之、

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

He said,“ Roll some large rocks up to the opening of the cave. Put some men there to guard it.

And Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to guard them,

Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and station men by it to guard the kings.

So Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men by it to guard them,

So Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them.

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

Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and station men by it to guard the kings.

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

Joshua said,“ Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it.

Joshua said,“ Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;

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

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

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!

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

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.

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.Someone reported to Abimelech that the citizens had gathered in the temple,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.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.