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But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
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Verse 13. Fire. Several towns built on eminences, were reserved to keep the country in subjection. But it was thought proper to destroy Asor. Hebrew may be, “He burnt not the towns which remained standing, with their fortifications,” and so forth or such as had opened their gates to the Israelites. Chal. Septuagint and so forth)
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