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A Personal Vengeance
Commentators explain that Gideon's question was not a genuine inquiry but a taunt. He already knew the Midianite kings had killed his brothers and was establishing his right to act as the 'goel,' or blood-avenger. This reveals a deeply personal motivation for justice driving his actions, beyond his role as a national deliverer.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 8:18
18th Century
Theologian
What manner of men - literally, “Where are the men?” The sense, “what manner of men,” is merely gathered from the tenor of the answer.
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Charles Ellicott
On Judges 8:18
19th Century
Bishop
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna. —They had been kept alive in order to answer the cowardly taunt of the elders of Succoth. Ther…
Charles Spurgeon
On Judges 8:18–19
19th Century
Preacher
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each on…
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John Gill
On Judges 8:18
17th Century
Pastor
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna
Not at Penuel or Succoth, but when he had brought them into the land of Canaan,…
Matthew Henry
On Judges 8:18–21
17th Century
Minister
The kings of Midian must be reckoned with. As they confessed themselves guilty of murder, Gideon acted as the avenger of blood, being the next of k…