15 Then he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you aridiculed me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your weary men?’ ”
16 aAnd he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he1 taught the men of Succoth.
17 aThen he tore down the tower of bPenuel and killed the men of the city.
18 And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at aTabor?” So they answered, “As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a king.”
19 Then he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Judges 8:17
Slew the men of the city - Not all of them; probably those only who had affronted him.
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