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Selected Verse: Judges 8:14 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 8:14 |
King James |
And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| he described--wrote the names of the seventy princes or elders. It was from them he had received so inhospitable a treatment. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The written (see the margin) list would enable Gideon to punish the guilty and spare the innocent people. Succoth was governed by a sanhedrim or council of seventy elders (compare Num 11:16), with perhaps seven others of superior rank called princes. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He described - He told him their names and qualities. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He described unto him the princes of Succoth - The young man probably gave him the names of seventy persons, the chief men of Succoth, who were those who were most concerned in refusing him and his men the refreshment he requested. |
16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.