Makkedah
Jesus points in the distance to this place where Joshua was victorious over the five Amorite kings during the conquest of Canaan[1].
Description
From the top of a hill overlooking the region, near Beth Jimmal, Jesus reveals to the Apostles several sites from the history of Israel. “And there, that is Maceda, where Joshua defeated the Amorites”[2] It is the only mention of this city throughout the work, at a time when its location was still unknown.
Its name
Makkedah, Makkedah, Maqqeda (מַקֵּדָה), means The place of the shepherds.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 215.
Learn more about this place
Maceda is a memorable location in the annals of the conquest of Canaan, as it is the site of the execution by Joshua[3] of the five kings of the coalition, who had hidden in caves. The exact location was only rediscovered recently[4].
At the site identified by Jean-François Lavère as the ancient Makkedah (Hushman mound), recent excavations (2021) uncovered traces of an emerging urban civilization, dating back 5,000 years[5]
Maria Valtorta, as indicated by Eusebius of Caesarea (circa 260-339) in his Onomasticon, places Makkedah south of Gabaon and not north as some contemporary theses suggest.
Explore
- 31° 43’ 40’’ N / 34° 57’ 19’’ E /
- +350m
Notes and references
- ↑ Article partially written from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel, J.-F. LAVÈRE.
- ↑ EMV 215.2.
- ↑ Josue 10:10-51 | Josue 15:41.
- ↑ D. A. Dorsey Location of the biblical Makkedah, Tel Aviv 1980.
- ↑ Publication of the Israel Antiquities Authority.