§ Makkedah = "place of shepherds" the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah
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H4719 — מַקֵּדָה
maq.qe.dah · Makkedah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Joshua 10:10 · מַקֵּדָֽה׃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 · בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.Joshua 10:17 · בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.Joshua 10:21 · מַקֵּדָ֖הAnd 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 · מַקֵּדָה֩ · מַקֵּדָ֔הAnd 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 · מִמַּקֵּדָ֖הThen Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:Joshua 12:16 · מַקֵּדָה֙The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;Joshua 15:41 · וּמַקֵּדָ֑הAnd Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: