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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 10:31

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, etc.] Which, according to Bunting f202, was eight miles from Libnah, and twenty miles from Jerusalem to the southwest of this city; (see <061005> Joshua 10:5); and encamped against it, and fought against it; for it seems this city stood out, and would not surrender at once, which obliged Joshua to encamp about it, and besiege it.
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