Yosua 10:16-17

10:16 The five Amorite kings ¹  ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah. 10:17 Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

Yosua 10:21

10:21 Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. ²  No one ³  dared threaten the Israelites. ⁴ 

[10:16]  ¹ tn Heb “these five kings.”

[10:21]  ² tn Heb “all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua [at] Makkedah [in] peace.”

[10:21]  ³ tc Heb “No man.” The lamed (ל) prefixed to אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) is probably dittographic (note the immediately preceding יִשְׂרָאֵל [isra’el] which ends in lamed, ל); cf. the LXX.

[10:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “no man sharpened [or perhaps, “pointed”] his tongue against the sons of Israel.” Cf. NEB “not a man of the Israelites suffered so much as a scratch on his tongue,” which understands “sharpened” as “scratched” (referring to a minor wound). Most modern translations understand the Hebrew expression “sharpened his tongue” figuratively for opposition or threats against the Israelites.