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He said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
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A Reasonable Request
Commentators consistently highlight the modesty of Gideon's request. He didn't demand soldiers or weapons from his fellow Israelites in Succoth. Instead, as scholars point out, he humbly asked for simple provisions—loaves of bread—for his exhausted men who were fighting for the freedom of all, including the people of Succoth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Succoth was in the tribe of Gad, which was entirely trans-Jordanic (Joshua 13:27); and the ruins are at Sukkot, on the east of Jordan, …
19th Century
Anglican
Unto the men of Succoth. —The name Succoth means “booths,” and the place was so named, or re-named, because of the “booth…
Baptist
Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to the men of Succoth The inhabitants of that place, the principal men of it, which lay in his way as he was pursu…
Gideon's men were faint, yet pursuing; fatigued with what they had done, yet eager to do more against their enemies. It is often the true Christian…
