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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 10:36

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron, etc.] Which lay in the hill country, and therefore they are said to go up to it from Eglon, which lay lower; and, according to Bunting f205, it was sixteen miles from it: and they fought against it; it making some resistance at first, and did not surrender at once, as demanded.
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