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He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
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Verse 18. Alive. This he said out of contempt, and too great confidence; ( Menochius.) and this gave occasion to his defeat. For, while his men were endeavouring to execute his orders punctually, the Israelites cut many in pieces, and routed the rest. Salien.
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