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Judges 8:18 KJV
Judges · chapter 8 · verse 18
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.Judges 8:18 · King James Version
Judges 8:18 in context
16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
19And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
20And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- resembledtôʼaroutlineH8389 →
- ZalmunnaTsalmunnâʻTsalmunna, a MidianiteH6759 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- ZebahZebachZebach, a Midianitish princeH2078 →
- TaborTâbôwrTabor, a mountain in Palestine, also a city adjacentH8396 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-21