Judges 8:9

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

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  • Judg 8:17 : 17 He also tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27-28 : 27 And say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water of affliction until I return safely.’ 28 Micaiah said, 'If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.' Then he added, 'Pay attention, all you people!'

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    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.

    17He also tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

    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 8:7-8
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    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.

  • Ezek 26:9
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    9'He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls, and he will demolish your towers with his weapons.'

  • Gen 28:21
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    21'so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God.'

  • Judg 9:46-47
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    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 9:50-52
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    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.

  • Gen 32:8
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    8Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people with him, along with the flocks, herds, and camels, into two camps.

  • Judg 8:21
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    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 9:37
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    37But Gaal spoke again, "Look, people are coming down from the central area of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the soothsayers’ oak."

  • 1 Kgs 12:25
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    25Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

  • Josh 8:5
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    5"I and all the people with me will approach the city, and when they come out to meet us as they did before, we will flee before them."

  • Judg 7:9
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    9That night the LORD said to him, "Get up and go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hands.

  • Judg 8:10
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    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.

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    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 15:10
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    10The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to attack us?" They replied, "We have come to tie up Samson and do to him as he has done to us."

  • Num 24:19
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    19A ruler will come out of Jacob and will destroy the survivors of the city.

  • Deut 20:10-12
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    10When you approach a city to fight against it, offer it peace terms.

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  • Gen 35:9
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  • Judg 9:33
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    33In the morning, as the sun rises, advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do whatever is needed to deal with them.

  • Judg 4:20
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    20He said to her, "Stand at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' say, 'No.'"

  • Gen 32:19-20
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  • Judg 15:7
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  • Gen 31:29
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  • Gen 32:30
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    30Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there.

  • Judg 8:5
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    5He said to the men of Succoth, 'Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.'