Makkedah
Town
Location disputed Khirbet el Qom: about 35 km (23 miles, 200 furlongs) southwest of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Khirbet el Qom Possible
- Khirbet Beit Maqdum Less likely
- Tell Beit Mirsim Less likely
- Tel Goded Less likely
Makkedah in the Bible Dictionary · The Conquest of Canaan
Named in 8 Verses
- Joshua 10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:21 And 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 10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
- Joshua 12:16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
- Joshua 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
