26 And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And (A)they hung on the trees until evening. 27 But at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and (B)they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

28 As for (C)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 (D)just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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