They took it on that day On which they first attempted it. Unto Hebron The conquest of Hebron, here generally related, is afterward repeated, and more particularly described, chap. Joshua 15:13. And the king thereof Their former king was one of the five whom Joshua had lately killed and hanged, but it seems they had now set up a new sovereign, their city being of great note, since it had other cities depending on it, and subject to its jurisdiction, as appears from the next words.

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