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They left their gods there; and David gave a command, and they were burned with fire.
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Verse 12. Burnt, conformably to Deuteronomy 7:25. These idols were commonly made of wood, and covered with plates of gold, and so forth The Philistines took them along with them to battle, as the Hebrews carried the ark on many occasions. The Greeks, at the siege of Troy, had their gods on board their vessels; (Iliad ix.) and the Romans had theirs on their ensigns, in their wars.
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