Joshua 12:16

12:16 the king of Makkedah (one),

the king of Bethel ¹  (one),

Joshua 10:28

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. ² 

Joshua 10:10

10:10 The Lord routed ³  them before Israel. Israel ⁴  thoroughly defeated them ⁵  at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass ⁶  of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

Joshua 10:21

10:21 Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. ⁷  No one ⁸  dared threaten the Israelites. ⁹ 

¹ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

² map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

³ tn Or “caused to panic.”

⁴ tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Israel (mentioned at the end of the previous sentence in the verse; cf. NIV, NRSV), but it is also possible that the Lord should be understood as the referent (cf. NASB “and He slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon”), or even Joshua (cf. NEB “and Joshua defeated them utterly in Gibeon”).

⁵ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

⁶ tn Or “ascent.”

⁴ tn Heb “all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua [at] Makkedah [in] peace.”

⁵ tc Heb “No man.” The lamed (ל) prefixed to אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) is probably dittographic (note the immediately preceding יִשְׂרָאֵל [isra’el] which ends in lamed, ל); cf. the LXX.

⁶ tn Heb “no man sharpened [or perhaps, “pointed”] his tongue against the sons of Israel.” Cf. NEB “not a man of the Israelites suffered so much as a scratch on his tongue,” which understands “sharpened” as “scratched” (referring to a minor wound). Most modern translations understand the Hebrew expression “sharpened his tongue” figuratively for opposition or threats against the Israelites.