The Eng. word 'favour' is used in AV in the mod sense of 'goodwill'; but in 'well-favoured' and 'ill-favoured' we see the older meaning of personal appearance. In Jos 11:20 the word seems to be used in the old sense of 'mercy'
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might utterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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