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