Judges 8:9

So he spake to the men of Penuel also, saying,—When I return with success, I will break down this tower.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

In Context

8So he went up from thence, to Penuel, and spake unto them in like manner,—and the men of Penuel answered him, as had answered the men of Succoth.

10Now, Zebah and Zalmunna, were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left out of all the host of the sons of the east,—and, the fallen, were a hundred and twenty thousand men, who had drawn the sword.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:27and thou shalt say—Thus, saith the king, Put this man into the prison,—and let him eat the bread of oppression, with the water of oppression, until I enter in peace.

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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