Joshua 10:28
in Joshua 10On 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho.
KJV
And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
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This verse in Joshua 10
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThat day Joshua took Makkedah - It is very possible that Makkedah was taken on the evening of the same day in which the miraculous solstice took place; but as to the other cities mentioned in this chapter, they certainly were subdued some days after, as it is not possible that an army, exhausted as this must have been with a whole night’s march, and two days’ hard fighting, could have proceeded farther than Makkedah that night; the other cities were successively taken in the following days.
This site's exposition
that day Joshua took Makkedah
on Joshua 10:28-30
From here the chapter runs as a formula, town after town, with the refrain as he did unto the king of Jericho holding the list together. Makkedah falls the same day the kings are executed and Libnah next, and Libnah surfaces again at 2 Kings 8:22 as a town that revolted from Judah in the reign of Jehoram. The repetition is the writer's method rather than a shortage of material, since Joshua 11:18 says plainly that Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And that day - On which the sun stood still. Nor is it strange that so much work was done, and places so far distant taken in one day, when the day was so long, and the Canaanites struck with such a terror.
The words behind it
28 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַקֵּדָה֩ | makedah | Makkedah | H4719 → | 9 times |
| לָכַ֨ד | lakhad | he captured | H3920 → | 121 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֗וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַיַּכֶּ֣הָ | vaiyakeha | and he struck it | H5221 → | 499 times |
| לְפִי־ | lefi- | to [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| חֶרֶב֮ | cherev | [the] sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַלְכָּהּ֒ | malkah | king its | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הֶחֱרִ֣ם | hecherim | he totally destroyed | H2763 → | 52 times |
| אוֹתָ֗ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙ | hanefesh | <the> person | H5315 → | 754 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּ֔הּ | bah | [was] in <the> it | ||
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִשְׁאִ֖יר | hishir | he left | H7604 → | 133 times |
| שָׂרִ֑יד | sarid | a survivor | H8300 → | 28 times |
| וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְמֶ֣לֶךְ | lemelekh | to [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מַקֵּדָ֔ה | makedah | Makkedah | H4719 → | 9 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְמֶ֥לֶךְ | lemelekh | to [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ | yericho | Jericho | H3405 → | 57 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מַקֵּדָה֩Makkedah
makedahH4719 →9 times
לָכַ֨דhe captured
lakhadH3920 →121 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֗וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
וַיַּכֶּ֣הָand he struck it
vaiyakehaH5221 →499 times
לְפִי־to [the] mouth of
lefi-H6310 →498 times
חֶרֶב֮[the] sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מַלְכָּהּ֒king its
malkahH4428 →2525 times
הֶחֱרִ֣םhe totally destroyed
hecherimH2763 →52 times
אוֹתָ֗ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙<the> person
hanefeshH5315 →754 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּ֔הּ[was] in <the> it
bah
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִשְׁאִ֖ירhe left
hishirH7604 →133 times
שָׂרִ֑ידa survivor
saridH8300 →28 times
וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙and he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
לְמֶ֣לֶךְto [the] king of
lemelekhH4428 →2525 times
מַקֵּדָ֔הMakkedah
makedahH4719 →9 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֖הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לְמֶ֥לֶךְto [the] king of
lemelekhH4428 →2525 times
יְרִיחֽוֹ׃Jericho
yerichoH3405 →57 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
it leads to
- Exodus 23:33
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- Judges 8:27
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- Deuteronomy 13:8
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
- Deuteronomy 19:21
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Deuteronomy 19:13
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
- Exodus 23:33
Through
Joshua 6:21At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
it leads to
- Psalms 137:8–9
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Jeremiah 48:18
Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
- Deuteronomy 20:16–17
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- Psalms 137:8–9
About Joshua

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonConquestJoshuaMoses' minister and successor, one of the two faithful spies; he led Israel across Jordan, around Jericho, and through the conques…
- PlaceJordan valleyJerichoThe city of palms whose walls fell flat at the seventh trumpet-circuit; Rahab's city, later rebuilt under a curse, and the road do…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.
