He taught - Thought to be a false reading, for “he threshed,” as in (Judges 8:7) margin.

He taught. —Literally, made to know (Proverbs 10:9); but דע may be a misreading for ישׂ “he threshed,” as in …

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 he took the elders of the city All of them, especially those of them who had been most guilty, and had them to a prop…

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 …