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.
That same day Joshua captured the city of Makkedah and completely destroyed it with the sword. He killed the king and every person in the city, leaving no survivors. He treated the king of Makkedah exactly the same way he had treated the king of Jericho.
This verse describes Joshua's complete military victory over Makkedah, where he destroyed the entire city and its population as part of Israel's conquest of the Promised Land.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative of the Book of Joshua, the Israelites were commanded by God to conquer the Promised Land of Canaan as part of His covenant with Abraham, which involved driving out the existing inhabitants. This specific event in Joshua 10:28 took place during a series of military campaigns led by Joshua, following a miraculous victory over a coalition of Amorite kings who had attacked the Gibeonites, allies of Israel. The destruction of Makkedah and its king mirrored the earlier conquest of Jericho, emphasizing the thorough execution of God's directive to eliminate Canaanite strongholds.
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