Judges 8:17

He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

18Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”

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Cross References

Judges 8:9So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down 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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