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Makkedah

מַקֵּדָה · maq.qe.dah · H4719“worshiping; burning; raised; crookedness” Hitchcock's 18698 mentions, all in Joshua

Where it is

JabneelJabneelLodLodNaamahNaamahBene-berakBene-berakJoppaJoppaJehudJehudMakkedahabout 39 km across

31.94° N, 34.78° E · ~

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Mentioned most in

Joshua · 8
Counted from 8 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Makkedah was a royal Canaanite city that played a significant role in Joshua's conquest of the southern region of Canaan (Joshua 12:16). During the battle of Gibeon, the five Amorite kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon fled to Makkedah and hid in a cave (Joshua 10:16). Joshua pursued them, captured the kings, and executed them (Joshua 10:17-27). He then attacked and conquered the city of Makkedah, putting its king and inhabitants to the sword (Joshua 10:28). Makkedah was later allotted to the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:41). The exact location of Makkedah is uncertain, but it is believed to be situated in the Shephelah region, possibly near Azekah and Beth-shemesh.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

8 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Joshua 8 mentions

Joshua 10:10Yahweh confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah.Joshua 10:16These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.Joshua 10:17Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”Joshua 10:21all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.Joshua 10:28Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. He did to the…Joshua 10:29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.Joshua 12:16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;Joshua 15:41Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

What the dictionary says

Herdsman’s place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:16), near which was a cave where the five kings who had confederated against Israel…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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