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makkedah |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Makkedah herdsman's place one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:16), near which was a cave where the five kings who had confederated against Israel sought refuge (10:10-29). They were put to death by Joshua, who afterwards suspended their bodies upon five trees. It has been identified with the modern village called Sumeil standing on a low hill about 7 miles to the north-west of Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrin), where are ancient remains and a great cave. The Palestine Exploration surveyors have however, identified it with el-Mughar, or "the caves," 3 miles from Jabneh and 2 1/2 southwest of Ekron, because they say "at this site only of all possible sites for Makkedah in the Palestine plain do caves still exist." (See ADONI-{ZEDEC}.) From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Makkedah, worshiping; burning; raised; crookedness
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