Numbers 32:34

i.e. Repaired and fortified, as that word is oft used, as 1 Kings 12:25 2 Kings 14:22 2 Chronicles 8:1, 2 Chronicles 11:5 26:2 Daniel 4:30; for they neither had need nor leisure as yet to do more, the old cities not being burnt and ruined, as divers in Canaan were.

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 32:34