Jueces 8:14

14 capturó a un joven de Sucot y lo interrogó. Entonces el joven le anotó los nombres de los setenta y siete jefes y ancianos de Sucot.

Jueces 8:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:14

And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of
him
Just before he came to the city, he spied a young man which belonged to it, and laid hold on him, and inquired of him about the chief magistrates of the city, who they were, what their names, and their places of abode:

and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders
thereof, even seventy seven men;
by which it appears that this was no inconsiderable city to have so many princes and elders in it; these the young man described to Gideon, what sort of men they were, what their names, and where they dwelt: or "he wrote unto him" ^F25; wrote down their names, and what part of the city they dwelt in; or Gideon took down in writing for himself their names and places of abode from the young man, that he might not forget: and in this Gideon showed great wisdom, and strict justice; being desirous to punish only the delinquents, and not the innocent with the wicked, the people with their rulers; for though he asked bread of the men of Succoth, the answer was returned in the ill natured manner it was by the princes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (wyla btkyw) "et scripsit ad eum", Montanus, Piscator; "et scripsit sibi", Pagninus, Munster; so some in Drusius.

Jueces 8:14 In-Context

12 Huyeron Zeba y Zalmuna, los dos reyes de Madián, pero él los persiguió y los capturó, aterrorizando a todo el ejército.

13 Cuando Gedeón hijo de Joás volvió de la batalla por el paso de Jeres,

14 capturó a un joven de Sucot y lo interrogó. Entonces el joven le anotó los nombres de los setenta y siete jefes y ancianos de Sucot.

15 Luego Gedeón fue y les dijo a los hombres de Sucot: «Aquí están Zeba y Zalmuna, por causa de quienes se burlaron de mí al decir: “¿Acaso tienes ya en tu poder las manos de Zeba y Zalmuna? ¿Por qué tendríamos que darles pan a tus hombres que están agotados?”»

16 Se apoderó de los ancianos de la ciudad, tomó espinos y zarzas del desierto, y castigando con ellos a los hombres de Sucot les enseñó quién era él.