Before the sun was up - The translation of the words is doubtful, because of the rarity of the word rendered “sun” (חרס cheres…

Before the sun was up. —If the rendering were certain, it would prove that he had made a night attack on Karkor; but it seems more…

He probably slew the most public revilers, the leading men of Penuel, just as he had chastised the princes and elders of Succoth with thorns and br…

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle
To Penuel and Succoth, to chastise them for their ill treatment of …

The active servants of the Lord meet with more dangerous opposition from false professors than from open enemies; but they must not be troubled by …