Shìshījì 8:14

14 Zhuō zhù Shūgē de yī gè shàonián rén , wèn tā , Shūgē de shǒulǐng zhǎnglǎo shì shuí . tā jiù jiāng shǒulǐng zhǎnglǎo qī shí qī gèrén de míngzi xiĕ chūlai .

Shìshījì 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.

Shìshījì 8:14 In-Context

12 Xībā hé sǎ mù ná taópǎo . Jīdiàn zhuīgǎn tāmen , zhuō zhù Mǐdiàn de èr wáng Xībā hé sǎ mù ná , jīng sǎn quán jūn .

13 Yuē a shī de érzi Jīdiàn yóu xī liè sī pō cóng zhèn shàng huí lái ,

14 Zhuō zhù Shūgē de yī gè shàonián rén , wèn tā , Shūgē de shǒulǐng zhǎnglǎo shì shuí . tā jiù jiāng shǒulǐng zhǎnglǎo qī shí qī gèrén de míngzi xiĕ chūlai .

15 Jīdiàn dào le Shūgē , duì nàli de rén shuō , nǐmen cóng qián jīqiào wǒ shuō , Xībā hé sǎ mù ná yǐjing zaì nǐ shǒu lǐ , nǐ shǐ wǒmen jiāng bǐng gĕi gēnsuí nǐde pí fá rén ma . xiànzaì Xībā hé sǎ mù ná zaì zhèlǐ .

16 Yúshì zhuō zhù nà chéng neì de zhǎnglǎo , yòng yĕdì de jīng tiaó hé zhǐ jí zé dá ( yuánwén zuò zhǐjiào ) Shūgē rén .