Judges 8:17

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He also tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

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  • Judg 8:9 : 9 So he said to the men of Penuel, 'When I return in peace, I will tear down this tower.'
  • 1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

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  • Judg 8:7-10
    4 verses
    83%

    7So Gideon said, 'Very well, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will tear your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and briars.'

    8From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request of them, but they answered him just as the men of Succoth had.

    9So he said to the men of Penuel, 'When I return in peace, I will tear down this tower.'

    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all that was left of the army of the sons of the east. One hundred twenty thousand sword-wielding men had fallen.

  • Judg 8:14-16
    3 verses
    78%

    14He captured a young man from Succoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the leaders of Succoth and its elders—seventy-seven men.

    15Then Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, 'Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your exhausted men?”'

    16He then took the elders of the city, along with thorns and briers from the wilderness, and used them to teach the men of Succoth a lesson.

  • Judg 9:44-47
    4 verses
    72%

    44Abimelech and his company rushed forward and took their position at the entrance of the city gate, while the other two companies struck down those in the fields.

    45Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured it, killed its inhabitants, tore it down, and sowed it with salt.

    46When all the citizens of the tower of Shechem heard about this, they went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

    47When Abimelech was told that all the people of the tower of Shechem had gathered there,

  • Judg 8:18
    70%

    18Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, 'What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?' They answered, 'They were like you—each one resembling the son of a king.'

  • Judg 15:8
    70%

    8He attacked them viciously, defeating them completely. Then he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

  • Judg 9:49-52
    4 verses
    70%

    49So each of his men cut down a branch and followed Abimelech. They piled the branches against the stronghold and set it on fire over those inside, so all the people in the tower of Shechem—about a thousand men and women—died.

    50Then Abimelech went to Thebez. He camped there and captured it.

    51Now there was a strong tower in the middle of the city, and all the men and women, along with the city's leaders, fled there. They shut themselves inside and climbed up to the roof of the tower.

    52Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it. He approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire.

  • Judg 8:21
    69%

    21Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

  • Judg 20:25
    69%

    25On the second day, the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet the Israelites and struck down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

  • 2 Kgs 3:25
    69%

    25They destroyed the cities, threw stones onto every good field until it was covered, stopped up all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only the stones of Kir Hareseth were left standing, but the slingers surrounded and attacked it.

  • Judg 1:25
    69%

    25He showed them the way into the city, and they struck the city with the sword but let the man and his family go free.

  • Judg 3:13
    68%

    13Eglon gathered the Ammonites and Amalekites to himself, set out, and defeated Israel. They took possession of the City of Palms.

  • Judg 20:39
    68%

    39When the Israelites turned in the battle, the Benjaminites had begun killing about thirty Israelites and thought, 'We are defeating them as in the first battle.'

  • Judg 20:48
    68%

    48The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put the cities to the sword, including the people, livestock, and everything they found. They also set fire to all the cities they came upon.

  • Ezek 26:9
    68%

    9'He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls, and he will demolish your towers with his weapons.'

  • 2 Chr 34:6
    68%

    6He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around.

  • Judg 20:35
    68%

    35The LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites killed twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjaminites that day, all armed with swords.

  • Judg 1:8
    68%

    8The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • 2 Sam 20:15
    67%

    15Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maacah. They built a siege ramp against the city and stood against the outer rampart. As they worked to breach the wall,