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| 1 In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and took it, -- | 1 In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it-- |
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