1)
Why does it say that he gathered Amon and Amalek?
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Malbim (12): He saw that Hashem abandoned Yisrael, so he enticed their neighbors to trouble them.
2)
What is the meaning of "va'Yirshu"?
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Radak: When they captured it, they did not take the spoils and leave. Rather, they settled and lived there, as if it was their inheritance.
3)
What is Ir ha'Temarim?
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Refer to 1:16:2:1-3.
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
4)
Rashi writes that Ir ha'Temarim is Yericho. It was destroyed, and it was forbidden to rebuild it (Yehoshua 6:26). Chiel rebuilt it much later, in the days of Achav (Melachim 1 16:34)!
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Refer to 1:16:5:1-3 and the note there.
