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Makkedah (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net |
 | | 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 northwest 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.) |
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