1)

Did they never destroy the nations?

1.

Rashi: They did not do so in the days of Yehoshua.

2)

What had Hashem said about those nations?

1.

Rashi: "Lo Sechayeh Kol Neshamah" (Devarim 20:16), "Lo Yeshvu b'Artzecha" (Shemos 23:33). Yisrael let them dwell among them, to pay taxes.

2.

Radak: "V'Im Lo Sorishu Es Yoshevei ha'Aretz Mipneichem v'Hayah Asher Tosiru Mehem [will be thorns in your eyes]" (Bamidbar 33:55).

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