^16 (A)the king of Makkedah, one; ^(B)the king of Bethel, one;

²⁸ As for ^(A)Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah ^(B)just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

²² The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, ^(A)and the Lord was with them.

¹⁷ Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.

¹⁹ He called the name of that place ^(A)Bethel,^[a] but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

⁸ From there he moved to the hill country on the east of ^(A)Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.