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

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
And it was told bewray Verb H5046 וַיֻּגַּ֖ד vai·yug·gad
Joshua Jehoshua Noun H3091 לִיהֹושֻׁ֣עַ li·ho·v·shu·a'
saying answer Verb H559 לֵאמֹ֑ר le·mor;
The five fif Noun H2568 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת cha·me·shet
Analysis:

Five: Incompletion or lacking

For a person to understand the meaning of the number “five”, one must first realize that the meaning of the number ten is completion or wholeness. Since five is half of ten, the idea is that the number five represents incompletion or that which is lacking. A Scripture that expresses this idea is found in the book of John. At a place called Beit Chesed (Bethesda), there was a pool whose waters healed the sick. The reader is told that around the pool there were five porches. It is stated that on these five porches laid individuals who were not whole. Some were paralyzed and the rest of them had a variety of health problems. It is not a chance happening that these people who were lacking their health were on five porches. Another well-known passage that contains the number five is found in I Samuel 17. In the account of David and Goliath, David picks up five stones (see I Samuel 17:40). Why is the reader told the specific number and not simply that David had gathered a few stones? The answer is to assist the reader in understanding that the stone, which David hurled at Goliath, was not the source of victory. Rather, this was only the means that God used to accomplish His victory. In other words, the stone and even David, who hurled this stone at Goliath, were insufficient to bring about this victory.

One of the first places where the idea of "lacking" or "incompleteness" is seen regarding the number five is in the book of Genesis. In chapter 18, two angels are sent to Sodom to destroy the city. God tells Abraham that if 50 righteous people are found in the city, then the city will be free of this punishment (We will learn that the number 50 is related to freedom when this number is studied). This is revealed to Abraham and he responds saying, perhaps the city will lack 50 righteous people by five. It is significant that Abraham uses the number five when referring to the city lacking enough righteous people. 

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kings king Noun H4428 הַמְּלָכִ֔ים ham·me·la·chim,
are found be able Verb H4672 נִמְצְאוּ֙ nim·tze·'u
hid held Verb H2244 נֶחְבְּאִ֥ים nech·be·'im
in a cave cave Noun H4631 בַּמְּעָרָ֖ה bam·me·'a·rah
at Makkedah Makkedah Noun H4719 בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃ be·mak·ke·dah.
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Makkedah

MAKKEDAHma-ke'-da (maqqedhah; Makeda): A Canaanite royal city which Joshua captured, utterly destroying the inhabitants, and doing to the king as he had done unto the king of Jericho (Joshua 10:28; Joshua 12:16). It lay in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:41). It was brought into prominence by the flight thither of the 5 kings of the Amorites who, having un... View Details

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King James Bible And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
Hebrew Greek English And it It was told Joshua, saying, The "The five kings are have been found hid hidden in a the cave at Makkedah."
New American Standard Bible 1995 And it It was told Joshua, saying, The "The five kings are have been found hid hidden in a the cave at Makkedah."