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

Conquest of the Southland

²⁸ On that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly ^(A)destroyed ^[a]them—all the people who were in it. He let none remain. He also did to the king of Makkedah ^(B)as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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

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

¹⁹ And he called the name of ^(A)that place ^[a]Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.

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