Judges 8:16

So he took the town elders of Succoth and taught them a lesson using thorns and briers from the desert.

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In The King James Version

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

In Context

15Gideon went and said to the Sukkoth town leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, the ones you taunted me about when you said, ‘Why should we give your exhausted army bread when you haven't even captured Zebah and Zalmunna yet?’”

17He also demolished the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.

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Cross References

Ezra 2:6the sons of Pahath-moab (sons of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;

Proverbs 19:29Punishment is ready for those who mock; flogging is ready for the backs of the stupid.

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:5-18

Gideon Pursues the Midianites. ( b. c. 1249.) 4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when… Read the whole commentary →

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