Bible Location
Meaning: worshiping; burning; raised; crookedness · 8 cross references · Modern-day map available
Makkedah was a Canaanite city in the western lowlands near the place where five kings hid in a cave during Joshua's campaign. It is important because it is linked with one of the most memorable victory scenes in the southern conquest narratives. First appears in Josh 10:10.1
Place meaning
worshiping; burning; raised; crookedness
Coordinates
31.94, 34.78
First appears
Josh 10:10
AI summary: Makkedah is best remembered through the cave narrative in Joshua, where defeated kings sought refuge before being captured and judged. That episode makes the city more vivid than many other conquest names and ties it closely to the assertion of Israelite control in the lowlands. Its location near other strategically important western towns reinforces that setting. The cross references present Makkedah as a conquest city associated with judgment, cave refuge, and military victory.1
Place meaning
worshiping; burning; raised; crookedness
Latitude
31.94
Longitude
34.78
Bible references
8
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.) 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Josh |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.