Joshua 11:13
11:13 a the towns built on mounds: In the ancient Near East it was common practice to rebuild cities on the same sites after they had been destroyed. All the elements that made a city site advantageous remained after a city’s destruction. Many cities were rebuilt numerous times, slowly rising in height as more debris accumulated after each destruction.• Joshua burned only Hazor in the north, just as he had destroyed Jericho (6:24 b) and Ai (8:28 c) in the center of the land.
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