Judges 8:5-15

5 He said to the men of ¹Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."

6 The leaders of Succoth said, "²Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?"

7 Gideon said, "All right, ³when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thrash your bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."

8 He went up from there to ⁴Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered.

9 So he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I return safely, ⁵I will tear down this tower."

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about 15,000 * * men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; ⁶for the fallen were 120,000 * * swordsmen * *.

11 Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the camp when the camp was unsuspecting.

12 When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole army.

13 Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

14 And he captured a youth from Succoth and questioned him. Then the youth wrote down for him the princes of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.

15 He came to the men of Succoth and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, '⁷Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?' "

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Judges 8:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 8

In this chapter we are told how Gideon pacified the Ephraimites, who complained because they were not sent unto to fight the Midianites, Jud 8:1-3 how he pursued the Midianites, until he took their two kings, and on his return chastised the men of Succoth and Penuel, because they refused to relieve his men with food as they were pursuing, Jud 8:4-17 how he slew the two kings of Midian, Jud 8:18-21 and after this conquest refused to take the government of Israel when offered him, Jud 8:22,23 how he requested of the Israelites the earrings they had taken from the Midianites, with which he in weakness made an ephod, which proved a snare to his house, Jud 8:24-27 how that the people were in peace forty years during his life, and that he had a numerous issue, and died in a good old age, Jud 8:28-32 but that after his death the Israelites fell into idolatry, and were ungrateful to his family, Jud 8:33-35.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. Genesis 33:17
2. Judges 8:15
3. Judges 7:15
4. Genesis 32:31
5. Judges 8:17
6. Judges 6:5; Judges 7:12; Isaiah 9:4
7. Judges 8:6

Footnotes 14

[a]. Lit "Is the palm"
[b]. Lit "For thus"
[c]. Or "trample"
[d]. Lit "flesh"
[e]. In Gen 32:30, "Peniel"
[f]. Or "camps"
[g]. Or "camp"
[h]. Lit "men who drew sword"
[i]. Lit "smote"
[j]. Or "secure"
[k]. Or "camp"
[l]. Or "from"
[m]. Lit "of the men of"
[n]. Lit "Is the palm"

Judges 8:5-15

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Judges 8:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 8

Cross References 7

Footnotes 14