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| Selected response from: Jack Doughty United Kingdom Local time: 13:42 | ||||||
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4 +2 | conquered |
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4 | defeated in detail / totality |
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3 | made smaller |
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made smaller Explanation: Seems as simple as that to me. He gave some of Hezekiah's cities/lands to other kings. |
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conquered Explanation: I think "reduced" here means conquered his country, overcame its opposition to me. The other interpretation would be that his country's territory was reduced in size, but I don't believe that is the way it is meant here. |
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