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He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
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A Targeted Punishment
Commentators suggest Gideon's actions were not an indiscriminate slaughter. Scholars like Albert Barnes propose that Gideon specifically targeted the city's leaders or rulers who controlled the tower and had refused to help, rather than slaying all the inhabitants. This was a focused act of judgment against those who actively opposed God's work.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The men of the city - Perhaps the rulers: who, it is likely, had possession of the tower or citadel, and so could tyrannize over the people.…
19th Century
Anglican
Beat down the tower. —The importance of the place led to its re-fortification by Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:25).
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he beat down the tower of Penuel As he threatened he would, (Judges 8:9) whether this was before or …
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 …
