10:17a

And Joshua was informed: The phrase Joshua was informed indicates that somebody spoke to Joshua. This passive form makes it possible to leave the speaker unnamed. Use a form in your language to indicate that the speaker is not known.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

Someone told Joshua
-or-
Joshua heard the news that
-or-
Joshua’s soldiers told him (Contemporary English Version)

10:17b

The five kings have been found: The clause The five kings have been found is a passive construction. If a passive construction is not natural, it is possible to translate this clause in the active voice.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

We have found the five kings
-or-
They have found the five enemy kings.

they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah: The town of Makkedah was mentioned in 10:10. It may be more natural in some languages to translate the clause hiding in the cave at Makkedah as an independent sentence. For example:

They are hiding in a cave near the town of Makkeda

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