Joshua 10:27-28

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ¹  They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) ² 

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. ³ 

¹ sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

² tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.