Bible Strands
Joshua 15:41
Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the southern territorial allotment for Judah, enumerating specific towns between the preceding cities of Kabzeel and the following cities of Libnah.
The words — The Hebrew text specifies מַקֵּדָה (Makkedah) and שֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה (shesh-'esreh, sixteen) to identify the settlement cluster and its exact count.
The thread — The text references Makkedah in Joshua 10:28 and 10:21 as a captured stronghold and military camp during the southern campaign.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition of the precise territorial distribution and the fulfillment of the land promise through enumerated inheritance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
Cross-references
- Joshua 10:21 The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
- Joshua 10:10 And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:28 On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 12:16 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;