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Verse Judges 8:5. _GIVE, I PRAY YOU, LOAVES OF BREAD_] As Gideon was
engaged in the common cause of Israel, he had a right to expect
succour from the people at large. His request to the men of Succoth...
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Succoth was in the tribe of Gad which was entirely trans-Jordanic
Joshua 13:27; and the ruins are at Sukkot, on the east of Jordan, a
little south of Bethshan.
GIVE, I PRAY YOU ETC. - Gideon might fai...
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CHAPTER 8 INTERNAL STRIFE, GIDEON'S FAILURE AND END
_ 1. The strife (Judges 8:1)_
2. The complete deliverance (Judges 8:10)
3. Gideon's failure and end (Judges 8:22)
4. Israel's failure after Gide...
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THE PURSUIT ON THE EAST OF JORDAN. This section is not continuous with
the preceding one. The men of Israel, who were gathered together after
the battle (Judges 7:23), and the Ephraimites, who were so...
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MEN. folk. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14....
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_Succoth_ On the E. of Jordan, in the territory of Gad (Joshua 13:27),
near Penuel (cf. Genesis 33:17), and below it (_went up Judges 8:8_);
and Penuel, as we learn from...
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_The pursuit on the east of Jordan_
This section is clearly not the continuation of the verses which
immediately precede (see p. 68); if its antecedents are to be found in
the foregoing narrative at...
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_Gideon Captures and Slays Midian's Kings Judges 8:1-28_
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus,
that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the
Midianites?...
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_AND HE SAID UNTO THE MEN OF SUCCOTH, GIVE, I PRAY YOU, LOAVES OF
BREAD UNTO THE PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW ME; FOR THEY BE FAINT, AND I AM
PURSUING AFTER ZEBAH AND ZALMUNNA, KINGS OF MIDIAN._
He said unto t...
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SUCCOTH] like Penuel (Genesis 33:17) must be E. of the Jordan, near
the Jabbok....
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HISTORY OF THE JUDGES (JUDGES 3:5 TO JUDGES 16:31)
On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of
Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with
six of the Ju...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
V1 The people in Ephraim’s *tribe asked Gideon, ‘Why have you
done this to us? Why did you not call us when you went to fight the
people from Midi...
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UNTO THE MEN OF SUCCOTH. — The name Succoth means “booths,” and
the place was so named, or re-named, because of the “booths” which
had been erected there by Jacob on his return from Padanaram (Genesis...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לְ אַנְשֵׁ֣י סֻכֹּ֔ות
תְּנוּ ־נָ
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"MIDIAN'S EVIL DAY"
Judges 7:8 - Judges 8:1
THERE is now with Gideon a select band of three hundred, ready for a
night attack on the Midianites. The leader has been guided to a
singular and striking...
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A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH
Judges 7:24; Judges 8:1
The fleeing host made for the three fords of the Jordan, and with all
haste Gideon summoned the tribes to anticipate them. The way of the
vict...
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Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to
deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he
had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penue...
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Gideon soothed the hurt feelings of Ephraim by telling them that,
though they were called late to the battle, their grape gathering had
been more fruitful than all the vintage of Abiezer. Gideon and h...
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And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, (d) loaves of
bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am
pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
(d) Or, so...
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_Soccoth. "The tents," where Jacob had encamped, Genesis xxxiii. It
belonged to the tribe of Dan. (Menochius) --- The people of this town,
as well as the ancients of Phanuel, returned an insolent repl...
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The men of Succoth, and of Penuel, were Israelites by descent, but
sadly degenerated from the spirit of Israel. The Reader will
recollect, however, that these things happened during the time of the
co...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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Nevertheless, they did not all unite with Gideon in pursuit of the
Midianites. But, for the moment, Gideon despises the cowardice which
disowns him through a remaining fear of the oppressor's power. O...
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AND HE SAID TO THE MEN OF SUCCOTH,.... The inhabitants of that place,
the principal men of it, which lay in his way as he was pursuing the
Midianites in their flight to their own country; for this was...
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And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread
unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing
after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
Ver. 5. _Loave...
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1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites.
4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army.
10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken.
13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed.
17 Gideon reuengeth his brethrens dea...
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GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER
(vv. 1-3)
But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so
late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They
did not stop to...
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4-12 Gideon's men were faint, yet pursuing; fatigued with what they
had done, yet eager to do more against their enemies. It is many a
time the true Christian's case, fainting, and yet pursuing. The w...
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SUCCOTH; a place beyond Jordan, GENESIS 33:17 JOSHUA 13:27 PSALMS
60:6. KINGS OF MIDIAN; where before this time were five kings at once,
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Judges 8:5 said H559 (H8799) men H582 Succoth H5523 give H5414 (H8798)
loaves H3603 bread H3899 people...
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‘And he said to the men of Succoth, “Give, I pray you, loaves of
bread to the people who follow me, for they are faint and I am
pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” '
Succoth was i...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: Jealousy of Ephriam. Events to the death of Gideon.
Apostasy.
CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Zebah, Zalmunna, Abimelech, Jerubbaal,
Jether.
CONCLUSION: Many are led into false ways by one false...
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Judges 8:16. _He taught the men of Succoth._ The LXX read, _he
threshed_ them. This little city of forty or fifty families was
blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their
cou...
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_THE COMPLETION OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE OF HIS PEOPLE. Judges 8:1_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
JUDGES 8:1. AND THE MEN OF EPHRAIM SAID, etc.] _i.e_.—after Gideon
had reached the trans-Jordanic side of the riv...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 8:4
CAME TO JORDAN. The narrative goes back to Judges 7:24, to follow up
the personal history of Gideon, from which the writer had been
diverted to relate the result of Gideon's mes...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Judges, chapter eight?
The Ephraimites were troublemakers. And in chapter eight we find them
giving Gideon a bad time. But we see with what splendid diplomac...
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1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 17:28; 2 Samuel 17:29; 3 John 1:6;...