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Makkedah is a town in the Bible, about 37 km (23 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 8 verses, from Joshua 10:10 to Joshua 15:41.
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.”
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Makkedah is a town about 37 km (23 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Makkedah in 8 verses, in 1 book, from Joshua 10:10 to Joshua 15:41.