Libnah's king defeated — The LORD gave it also, and its king, into the hand of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, according to all that he had done to Makkedah. Libnah receives the same treatment as Makkedah—the ban is implemented and the city is utterly destroyed. The formula 'The LORD gave it also into the hand of Israel' (וַיִּתְּנָהּ יְהוָה) emphasizes the divine element in each conquest. The repetition 'according to all that he had done to Makkedah' indicates standardized thoroughness in the implementation of the ban.

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