Judges 8:17

Then they went to Peniel and tore down the tower, and killed all the men in the town.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Then Gideon’s men took the town leaders and whipped them with whips made from briers from the desert, to teach them that they deserved to be punished for not giving them any food.

18Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “The men you killed near Tabor Mountain, what did they look like?” They replied, “They were like you; they all looked like they were sons of a king.”

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Cross References

Judges 8:9So he said to the men of Peniel, “After I defeat those kings, I will return and 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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