Judges 8:17
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.
He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
18 Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
19 “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
- KJV
- And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
- WEB
- He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
- ASV
- And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
- DARBY
- And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
- BLB
- And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
- ÅB
- Og tårnet i Pnuel rev han ned og slo ihjel byens menn.
- OTB
- Han rev også ned tårnet i Pnuel og behandlet mennene i byen.
- B1930
- Og tårnet i Pnuel rev han ned og slo ihjel byens menn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 8:9
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
Read in context1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
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