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Why must it say that they did to it like to Chevron and its king and like to Livnah and its king?
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Malbim: We should not think that just like in Chevron, they seized the king alive and hung him, so they did to Chevron. Therefore, it says and like to Livnah and its king - he was killed among the others, like it says [about Livnah] like they did to Melech Yericho; he was not seized alive.
