Makkedah
    herdsman's place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites
    (Josh. 12:16), near which was a cave where the five kings who
    had confederated against Israel sought refuge (10:10-29). 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 north-west 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.)
 Makkedah, worshiping; burning; raised; crookedness