Judges 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Succoth; a place beyond Jordan, Genesis 33:17 Joshua 13:27 Psalms 60:6. Kings of Midian; where before this time were five kings at once, Numbers 31:8, who either reigned separately in divers parts of the land, or governed by common counsel and consent, as sometimes there were two or three Roman emperors together.

Judges 8:5

5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.