Judges 8:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfitedc all the host. ”

Judges 8:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Pursuit on the East of Jordan. This section is not continuous with the preceding one. The men of Israel, who were gathered together after the battle ( Judges 7:23 ), and the Ephraimites, who we...
Judges 8:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
Judges 8:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after the...
Judges 8:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

History of the Judges ( Judges 3:5 to Judges 16:31 ) On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with six o...
Judges 8:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When Zebah and Zalmunna fled. — In Psalms 83:13-14 , we, perhaps, find a reminiscence of the precipitancy of their flight, “like a wheel,” i.e., like a winged, rolling seed, and like stubble bef...
Judges 8:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

"MIDIAN'S EVIL DAY" Judges 7:8-25 - Judges 8:1-21 THERE is now with Gideon a select band of three hundred, ready for a night attack on the Midianites. The leader has been guided to a singular...
Judges 8:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Soft Answer Turneth Away Wrath Judges 7:24-25 ; Judges 8:1-12 The fleeing host made for the three fords of the Jordan, and with all haste Gideon summoned the tribes to anticipate them. The w...
Judges 8:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penu...
Judges 8:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The men of Succoth, and of Penuel, were Israelites by descent, but sadly degenerated from the spirit of Israel. The Reader will recollect, however, that these things happened during the time of the c...
Judges 8:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled ,.... Their host being smitten and thrown into confusion by the sudden approach of Gideon's army; and who probably attacked them in somewhat like manner as before, b...
Judges 8:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. Ver. 12. He pursued after them. ] Now was his time, a...
Judges 8:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER (vv. 1-3) But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They did not sto...
Judges 8:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gideon Pursues the Midianites. B. C. 1249. 4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed o...
Judges 8:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 8:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited with terror all the host.' The name Zebah means ‘slaughter, sacrifi...
Judges 8:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE COMPLETION OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE OF HIS PEOPLE. Judges 8:1-17 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 8:1 . And the men of Ephraim said , etc.] i.e .—after Gideon had reached the trans-Jordanic side...
Judges 8:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were...
Judges 8:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:16 . He taught the men of Succoth. The LXX read, he threshed them. This little city of forty or fifty families was blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their...
Judges 8:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The princes of Succoth . .. The men of Penuel. Patience under provocation Instead of being supported, as they had good right to expect they would have been, by those who profess to be the Lo...
Judges 8:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 8:4 Came to Jordan . The narrative goes back to Judges 7:24 , to follow up the personal history of Gideon, from which the writer had been diverted to relate the result o...
Judges 8:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Zebah and Zalmunna
Judges 8:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 2:14 ; Job 12:16-21 ; Job 34:19 ; Joshua 10:16-18 ; Joshua 10:22-25 ; Psalms 83:11 ; Revelation 19:19-21 ; Revelation 6:15 ; Revelation 6:16

Judges 8:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 8:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 8:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 8:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 8:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 8:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 8:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 8:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 8:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 8:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 8:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 8:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 8:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 8:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 8:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge