§ 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
8 tagged verse occurrences
Joshua 10:10 · מַקֵּדָֽה׃and Jehovah doth crush them before Israel, and it smiteth them—a great smiting—at Gibeon, and pursueth them the way of the ascent of Beth-Horon, and smiteth them unto Azekah, and unto Makkedah.Joshua 10:16 · בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃And these five kings flee, and are hidden in a cave at Makkedah,Joshua 10:17 · בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃and it is declared to Joshua, saying, ‘The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.’Joshua 10:21 · מַקֵּדָ֖הthat all the people turn back to the camp, unto Joshua, at Makkedah, in peace; none moved sharply his tongue against the sons of Israel.Joshua 10:28 · מַקֵּדָה֩ · מַקֵּדָ֔הAnd Makkedah hath Joshua captured on that day, and he smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and its king he hath devoted, them and every person who is in it—he hath not left a remnant; and he doth to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.Joshua 10:29 · מִמַּקֵּדָ֖הAnd Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and fighteth with Libnah;Joshua 12:16 · מַקֵּדָה֙The king of Mekkedah, one; The king of Beth-El, one;Joshua 15:41 · וּמַקֵּדָ֑הand Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.