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העביר אותו לערים - כמו שעשה סנחריב, כדכתיב: אל ארץ כארצכם, כדי שלא יטענו בה חזקה איש איש בארצו לאחר מכירה. העביר אותו לערים, a stratagem also employed by Sancheriv when he conquered the northern Kingdom of Israel and forcibly exchanged the populations of that kingdom with people from the north. (compare Kings II 18,32). The purpose behind this was to prevent uprisings by populations who had no roots in their countries and therefore had no good reason to start a rebellion.