Judges 8:10 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 8:10

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.

BSB

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ASV

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

KJV

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor..... Jerom (u) under this word says, there was in his time a castle called Carcuria, a day's journey from Petra, which was the metropolis of Idumea; but whether the same with this is not clear: and their host with them, about fifteen thousand men; to which number Gideon and his three hundred men were very unequal; and yet, faint and weary as they were, closely pursued them, attacked and conquered them.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor - If this were a place, it is nowhere else mentioned in Scripture. Some contend that קרקר karkor signifies rest; and thus the Vulgate understood it: Zebah and Zalmunna requiescebant, rested, with all their army. And this seems the most likely, for it is said, Jdg 8:11, that Gideon smote the host, for the host was secure.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְזֶ֨בַח	ve.Ze.vach	and Zebah	H2078 →
וְצַלְמֻנָּ֜ע	ve.tzal.mu.Na'	and Zalmunna	H6759 →
בַּקַּרְקֹ֗ר	ba.kar.Kor	[were] in <the> Karkor	H7174 →
וּמַחֲנֵיהֶ֤ם	u.ma.cha.nei.Hem	and armies their	H4264 →
עִמָּם֙	'i.Mam	[were] with them	H5973 →
כַּחֲמֵ֤שֶׁת	ka.cha.Me.shet	about fif-	H2568 →
עָשָׂר֙	'a.Sar	teen	H6240 →
אֶ֔לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
כֹּ֚ל	kol	all	H3605 →
הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים	ha.No.ta.Rim	those [who] remained	H3498 →
מִכֹּ֖ל	mi.Kol	of all	H3605 →
מַחֲנֵ֣ה	ma.cha.Neh	[the] army of	H4264 →
בְנֵי־	ve.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
קֶ֑דֶם	Ke.dem	[the] east	H6924 →
וְהַנֹּ֣פְלִ֔ים	ve.ha.No.fe.Lim	and those [who] fell	H5307 →
מֵאָ֨ה	me.'Ah	[were] one hundred	H3967 →
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים	ve.'es.Rim	and twenty	H6242 →
אֶ֛לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
אִ֖ישׁ	'ish	man	H376 →
שֹׁ֥לֵֽף	Sho.lef	[who] drew	H8025 →
חָֽרֶב׃	Cha.rev	[the] sword	H2719 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 20:46
That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
leads to
- Judges 20:15
  On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 20:35
  The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
Through
Judges 7:12
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
leads to
- Judges 6:5
  For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
- Joshua 11:4
  So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
- Judges 6:3
  Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
- Isaiah 8:9–10
  Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Psalms 118:10–12
  All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Through
Judges 20:25
That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
leads to
- Judges 20:21
  And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.

About Judges

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

06About Judges

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Judges