מַקֵּדָהMaqqêdâh
proper name [of a location]: in Judah, Site dubious (Joshua 15:41; Joshua 10:10; Joshua 10:29; Joshua 10:16; Joshua 10:17)
Pronunciation: mak-kay-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4719
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 10:10 The Lord threw them into a panic, and the Israelites slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon. Then the Israelites chased the enemy along the road to Beth-horon, killing them all along the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:16 During the battle the five kings escaped and hid in a cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:17 When Joshua heard that they had been found,
- Joshua 10:21 Then the Israelites returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. After that, no one dared to speak even a word against Israel.
- Joshua 10:28 That same day Joshua captured and destroyed the town of Makkedah. He killed everyone in it, including the king, leaving no survivors. He destroyed them all, and he killed the king of Makkedah as he had killed the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:29 Then Joshua and the Israelites went to Libnah and attacked it.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).