²⁶ So afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he ^(A)hanged them on five ^[a]trees; and they were hung on the ^[b]trees until evening. ²⁷ Then it came about at ^[c]sunset that Joshua gave the command, and ^(B)they took them down from the ^[d]trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and put large stones over the mouth of the cave, to this very day.

²⁸ Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; ^(C)he ^[e]utterly destroyed ^[f]it and every ^[g]person who was in it. He left no survivor. So he did to the king of Makkedah ^(D)just as he had done to the king of Jericho.