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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Succoth was in the tribe of Gad which was entirely trans-Jordanic Jos 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 fairly…
In these verses we have,
I. Gideon, as a valiant general, pursuing the remaining Midianites, and bravely following his blow. A very great slaughter was made of the enemy at first: 120,000 men that…
Cambridge Bible
Succoth On the E. of Jordan, in the territory of Gad (Jos 13:27), near Penuel (cf. Gen 33:17), and below it (went up Jdg 8:8); and Penuel, as we learn from Gen 32:22; Gen 32:30 f., lay not far from…
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