Judges 8:16

וַיִּקַּח אֶת ־ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר וְאֶת ־ קוֹצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת ־ הַֽבַּרְקֳנִים וַיֹּדַע בָּהֶם אֵת אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּֽוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

15וַיָּבֹא אֶל ־ אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע אֲשֶׁר חֵרַפְתֶּם אוֹתִי לֵאמֹר הֲכַף זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע עַתָּה בְּיָדֶךָ כִּי נִתֵּן לַאֲנָשֶׁיךָ הַיְּעֵפִים לָֽחֶם ׃

17וְאֶת ־ מִגְדַּל פְּנוּאֵל נָתָץ וַֽיַּהֲרֹג אֶת ־ אַנְשֵׁי הָעִֽיר ׃

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Cross References

Ezra 2:6בְּנֵֽי ־ פַחַת מוֹאָב לִבְנֵי יֵשׁוּעַ יוֹאָב אַלְפַּיִם שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת וּשְׁנֵים עָשָֽׂר ׃ ס

Proverbs 19:29נָכוֹנוּ לַלֵּצִים שְׁפָטִים וּמַהֲלֻמוֹת לְגֵו כְּסִילִֽים ׃

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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