There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.
(117) The Septuagint, as if influenced by considerations similar to those here mentioned, has evaded the apparent inconsistency, by rendering the 19th verse (Joshua 11:19) as follows, “And there was not a city which Israel did not take: they took all in war.” There is a various reading, however, which correspond almost verbatim with the common rendering. — Ed. 