Makkedah
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The place to which, at Joshua 10:10–11, those who flee from before Israel are chased and struck: “to Azekah and to Makkedah”. At 10:16–27 the five kings flee and hide themselves in the cave at Makkedah; they are brought out of the cave to Joshua, who puts them to death and hangs them on five trees, and at the going down of the sun, at his command, they are taken down off the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and great stones are laid on the mouth of the cave. 10:21 has all the people return to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah, and 10:28 says Joshua took Makkedah on that day, struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king, left no one remaining, and did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
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- JOS 10:6–11, engwebp
6The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.”
7So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and the whole army with him, including all the mighty men of valor.
8The LORD said to Joshua, “Don’t fear them, for I have delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before you.”
9Joshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night.
10The LORD 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.
11As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, the LORD hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
- JOS 10:16–21, engwebp
16These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
17Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
18Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;
19but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”
20When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
21all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
- JOS 10:22–27, engwebp
22Then Joshua said, “Open the cave entrance, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.”
23They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
24When they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, “Come near. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” They came near, and put their feet on their necks.
25Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.”
26Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
27At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.
- JOS 10:28, engwebp
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 king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- JOS 10:29–30, engwebp
29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30The LORD delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- JOS 12:7–24, engwebp
7These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
19the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
24the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
- JOS 15:37–41, engwebp
37Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
38Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,
41Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Makkedah” by name and 8 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Khirbet el Qom (confidence 440 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Khirbet el Qom
OpenBible.info confidence 440 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.53472, 34.96656
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Makkedah” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (4) — Joshua goes up to save Gibeon, and the LORD hurls down great stones from the sky, The five kings hidden in the cave at Makkedah, The five kings brought out of the cave, put to death and hanged on five trees, Joshua takes Makkedah and utterly destroys it
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The LORD 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.
These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
Joshua 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 king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Makkedah (place-makkedah) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/makkedah Current wording: The place to which, at Joshua 10:10–11, those who flee from before Israel are chased and struck: “to Azekah and to Makkedah”. At 10:16–27 the five kings flee and hide themselves in the cave at Makkedah; they are brought out of the cave to Joshua, who puts them to death and hangs them on five trees, and at the going down of the sun, at his command, they are taken down off the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and great stones are laid on the mouth of the cave. 10:21 has all the people return to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah, and 10:28 says Joshua took Makkedah on that day, struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king, left no one remaining, and did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho. Cited evidence: JOS 10:6–11, engwebp / JOS 10:16–21, engwebp / JOS 10:22–27, engwebp / JOS 10:28, engwebp / JOS 10:29–30, engwebp / JOS 12:7–24, engwebp / JOS 15:37–41, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.