Judges 8:12
And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
13And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
Cross References
Joshua 10:22Then said Joshua: 'Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave.'
Job 34:19That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
Isaiah 9:3(9-2) Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast increased their joy; they joy before Thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
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 →