Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 8:17
Slew the men of the city — Not all of them; probably those only who had affronted him.
Slew the men of the city — Not all of them; probably those only who had affronted him.
THE MEN OF THE CITY - Perhaps the rulers; who, it is likely, had possession of the tower or citadel, and so could tyrannize over the people. Gideon killed the great men, and beat down their towers, bu...
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...
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...
_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...
Gideon's revenge strikes us as vindictive. In return for some jeering words he treated these towns, which no doubt contained many of his own countrymen, with a barbarity which is altogether absent fro...
DISCOURSE: 270 GIDEON CHASTISES THE MEN OF SUCCOTH AND PENUEL Judges 8:15. And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands...
_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?...
_AND HE BEAT DOWN THE TOWER OF PENUEL, AND SLEW THE MEN OF THE CITY._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
BROUGHT] RV 'offered,' as in 1 Chronicles 12:18....
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...
BEAT DOWN THE TOWER. — The importance of the place led to its re-fortification by Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:25)....
וְ אֶת ־מִגְדַּ֥ל פְּנוּאֵ֖ל נָתָ֑ץ וַֽ יַּהֲ
"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...
THE SNARE OF SUCCESS Judges 8:13 Clearly Gideon's family had passed through some terrible tragedy previous to this war of emancipation. He had not learned our Lord's teaching of forgiveness and acted...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AND HE BEAT DOWN THE TOWER OF PENUEL,.... As he threatened he would, Judges 8:9 whether this was before or after he had chastised the elders of Succoth, is not clear; one would think by the course he...
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. Ver. 17. _And he beat down the tower of Penuel._] Which Jeroboam rebuilt and made it a garrison. 1Ki 12:25...
_With them he taught the men of Succoth_ He tore their flesh with these thorns, (as he had threatened, Judges 8:7.) It is not said that he tormented them till they expired, and therefore he perhaps on...
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...
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city, in a just punishment of their faithlessness and treason....
THE END OF ZEBAH AND ZALMUNNA...
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...
13-17 The active servants of the Lord meet with more dangerous opposition from false professors than from open enemies; but they must not care for the behaviour of those who are Israelites in name, b...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 8:17 down H5422 (H8804) tower H4026 Penuel H6439 killed H2026 (H8799) men H582 city H5892...
‘ And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.' Penuel was a fortified city and thus had less excuse for their cowardice and breach of covenant, so he destroyed their fortifica...
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...
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...
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...
_The princes of Succoth _. .. _ The men of Penuel._ PATIENCE UNDER PROVOCATION Instead of being supported, as they had good right to expect they would have been, by those who profess to be the Lord’s...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:16 Gideon’s actions here fulfill his pledges in vv. Judges 8:7 and Judges 8:9....
_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...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 8:13 BEFORE THE SUN WAS UP. There is a wonderful diversity in the renderings of this verse. Some of the old versions and Jewish Rabbis interpret it _before sunset. _Many of the best...
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...
1 Kings 12:25; Judges 8:9...