Judges 8:17

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

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In The King James Version

And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

In Context

16So he took the town elders of Succoth and taught them a lesson using thorns and briers from the desert.

18Then Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What were they like, the men you killed at Tabor?” “They looked like you,” they answered. “Each of them had the stature of a prince.”

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Judges 8:9So he told them, “When I return victorious, I'll demolish this tower!”

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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