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Piram
Piram was the king of the Canaanite city of Jarmuth mentioned in Joshua 10. He joined the coalition of five Amorite kings led by Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed at Makkedah.
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- Eglon (City)Bible
Eglon was a city in the lowland of southern Canaan. In Joshua 10 it joined an alliance of five Amorite kings and was conquered by Joshua. It later became part of the territory of the tribe of Judah.
- Adoni-zedekPeople
Adoni-zedek was a king of Jerusalem during the conquest of Canaan, mentioned in Joshua 10. When Gibeon made peace with Israel, he led a coalition of five Amorite kings against Gibeon, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed at Makkedah.
- JaphiaPeople
Japhia was king of the Canaanite city of Lachish, mentioned in Joshua 10. He joined a coalition of five Amorite kings led by Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed at Makkedah.
- HohamPeople
Hoham was the king of Hebron during the conquest of Canaan. Together with Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem, he attacked Gibeon, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed at Makkedah (Joshua 10).
- AbdonPeople
Abdon was a judge of Israel mentioned in Judges 12. The son of Hillel the Pirathonite from the land of Ephraim, he judged Israel for eight years. Scripture records that his forty sons and thirty grandsons rode on seventy donkey colts.