Makkedah

First named: Joshua 10:10

Town Canaan Israel Exodus/Wilderness

Location uncertain: Site not confidently identified with a modern location.

This map is not copyrighted — free to reuse. Base geometry © Natural Earth (public domain); locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) Open in the map explorer →

A town near which five Amorite kings, defeated in Joshua's southern campaign, hid in a cave and were captured, executed, and buried by Joshua (Joshua 10:16-28).

References: Joshua 10:10; Joshua 10:16-28

People connected to Makkedah

Adoni-zedek (M) — king of Jerusalem, caught in a cave here and executed by Joshua
Joshua 10:16-26
Debir (M) — king of Eglon, executed with the coalition kings at this town
Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:23-26
Hoham (M) — king of Hebron, executed with the coalition kings at this town
Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:23-26
Piram (M) — king of Jarmuth, executed with the coalition kings at this town
Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:23-26

View on the place connections graph →