The five kings had fled and hid in a cave. Joshua trapped them in the cave and went to chase the rest of the enemies, nit allowing the army to get distracted. Later he had the kings brought out and beheaded them. He did this as a demonstration that the Lord will defeat all their enemies. We find thus brutal behaviour hard to take, but the key spiritual lesson is that God will give us victory over our enemies. We do not need to fear anything or anyone. On the brutality there are some things that can be said, such as the difference in society at the time, the probable barbarity of the kings etc, but we do still find it difficult. However, we must not let this blind us from the lesson that God will give us victory. It is absolutely vital that we know and understand that if we faithfully follow the Lord we cannot be defeated. There will be prices to pay, suffering to go through, but in the end God will lead us to victory.
More cities were then destroyed. Many cities and the whole region were subdued under Joshua.
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