Judges 8:9

9 So he also told the people of Penuel, "When I return in victory, I'll break down this tower!"

Judges 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 9 And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel
In a threatening way, as he had spoken to the men of Succoth: saying, when I come again in peace: having conquered all his enemies, and delivered Israel from their bondage, and restored peace and prosperity to them, of which he had no doubt:

I will break down this tower;
pointing to it and which stood in their city, and in which they placed their confidence; and when he threatened them, boasted of it as their security.

Judges 8:9 In-Context

7 "Just for that," Gideon said, "when the LORD has handed over Zebah and Zalmunna to me, I'm going to beat your skin with desert thorns and briars!"

8 From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request. And the people of Penuel responded in the same way the people of Succoth had.

9 So he also told the people of Penuel, "When I return in victory, I'll break down this tower!"

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their camp, about fifteen thousand men, all the ones who were left from the easterners' entire camp. One hundred twenty thousand armed men had fallen.

11 Gideon marched up the caravan road east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the camp while it was off-guard.

Footnotes

• [a] Or in peace