Judges 8:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

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  • Judg 8:9 : 9 And he also spoke to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
  • 1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mount of Ephraim and lived there, and went out from there and built Penuel.

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  • Judg 8:7-10
    4 verses
    83%

    7And Gideon said, Therefore, when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

    8And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

    9And he also spoke to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the armies of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew sword.

  • Judg 8:14-16
    3 verses
    78%

    14And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described to him the princes of Succoth, and the elders of it, seventy-seven men.

    15And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, whom you taunted me about, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?

    16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

  • Judg 9:44-47
    4 verses
    72%

    44And Abimelech, and the company with him, rushed forward, and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city; and the two other companies ran upon all the people who were in the fields and struck them down.

    45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, killed the people who were in it, and tore down the city, and sowed it with salt.

    46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered the stronghold of the house of the god Berith.

    47And it was told to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

  • Judg 8:18
    70%

    18Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

  • Judg 15:8
    70%

    8He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter, and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

  • Judg 9:49-52
    4 verses
    70%

    49And everyone likewise cut down his own branch, followed Abimelech, put them against the stronghold, and set it on fire; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.

    50Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez and took it.

    51But within the city was a strong tower, and all the men and women, all the inhabitants of the city, fled there, shut themselves in, and went up to the top of the tower.

    52And Abimelech came to the tower, fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

  • Judg 8:21
    69%

    21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

  • Judg 20:25
    69%

    25And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

  • 2 Kgs 3:25
    69%

    25And they destroyed the cities, and in every good piece of land each man threw a stone and filled it, and they stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. Only in Kir Haraseth did they leave its stones intact; however, the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

  • Judg 1:25
    69%

    25And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

  • Judg 3:13
    68%

    13And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

  • Judg 20:39
    68%

    39And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.

  • Judg 20:48
    68%

    48And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the men of every city, and the beasts, and all that came to hand; also they set on fire all the cities they came to.

  • Ezek 26:9
    68%

    9And he shall set up engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.

  • 2 Chr 34:6
    68%

    6And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

  • Judg 20:35
    68%

    35And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men; all these drew the sword.

  • Judg 1:8
    68%

    8Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and taken it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • 2 Sam 20:15
    67%

    15They besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, building a siege ramp against the city that stood against the wall, and all the people with Joab battered the wall to bring it down.