And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

And it was told Josue that the five kings were found hidden in a cave of the city of Maceda.

And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found, hid in the cave at Makkedah.

and it is declared to Joshua, saying, 'The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.'

And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

And it was reported to Joshua that the five kings had been found hidden in a cave, near the city of Makkedah.

Et nuntiatum est Josue his verbis, Inventi sunt quinque reges absconditi in spelunca in Makeda.

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 Makkedah: this seems to make it appear that they were others, and not Joshua's soldiers, that found them; for had they, no doubt they would have seized them, and brought them before him, or slain them, unless they chose first to know his will concerning them, next expressed.