And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. He taught the men of Succoth - Instead of וידע he taught, Houbigant reads וידש he tore; and this is not only agreeable to what Gideon had threatened, Judges 8:7, but is supported by the Vulgate, Septuagint, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. The Hebrew text might have been easily corrupted in this place by the change of ש shin into ע ain, letters very similar to each other.
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Judges 8:16
16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taughte the men of Succoth.