Judges 8:17 KJV — MannaFest

Judges 8:17

And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

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ASV

And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

WEB

He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

YLT

and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.

DBT

And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

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Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
Judges 8:9
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Judgment began at the house of God, in the just correction of the men of Succoth and Penuel, who were Israelites, but it did not end there. The kings of Midian, when they had served to demonstrate Gideon's victories, and grace his triumphs, must now be reckoned with. They are indicted for the murder of Gideon's brethren some time ago at Mount Tabor.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Are the hands, &c. - Art thou so foolish, to think with thy three hundred faint and weary soldiers, to conquer and destroy an host of fifteen thousand Men? Thus the bowels of their compassion were shut up against their brethren. Surely they were worshippers of Baal, or in the interest of Midian.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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