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Joshua 8:29

Joshua 8:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the king: The kings of Canaan lay under the same curse as their subjects and probably were more deeply criminal. The reserving of the king of Ai for a solemn execution, would tend to strike terror into the other kings, contribute to the success of Israel, and give their proceedings the stamp of a judicial process, and of executing the vengeance of God upon his enemies. , , ; ; ; , ; ;

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