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Judges 8:14

Succoth

12 When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

13 After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.

There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.

15 And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”

16 Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

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BSB
There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
KJV
And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
WEB
He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
ASV
And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men.
DARBY
And he caught a youth of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the chief men of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy-seven men.
BLB
And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth and questioned him, and he wrote down for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders—seventy-seven men.
ÅB
Og han fikk fatt på en ung mann som hørte hjemme i Sukkot, og spurte ham ut; og han skrev opp for ham høvdingene og de eldste i Sukkot, syv og sytti mann.
OTB
Han fanget en ung mann fra Sukkot og forhørte ham, og den unge mannen skrev ned for ham navnene på de syttisju lederne og eldste i Sukkot.
B1930
Og han fikk fatt på en ung mann som hørte hjemme i Sukkot, og spurte ham ut; og han skrev op for ham høvdingene og de eldste i Sukkot, syv og sytti mann.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:11–15

    Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

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  • Judges 1:24–25

    and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”

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