Judges 8:9
He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning,“When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.”
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- Judg 8:17 : 17 He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city’s men.
- 1 Kgs 22:27-28 : 27 Say,‘This is what the king says,“Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I safely return.”’” 28 Micaiah said,“If you really do safely return, then the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added,“Take note, all you people.”
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- Judg 8:15-184 verses83%
15He approached the men of Succoth and said,“Look what I have! Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying,‘You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’”
16He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then“threshed” the men of Succoth with them.
17He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city’s men.
18He said to Zebah and Zalmunna,“Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor.” They said,“They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.”
- Judg 8:7-82 verses83%
7Gideon said,“Since you will not help, after the LORD hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh your skin with desert thorns and briers.”
8He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.
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9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
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21and I return safely to my father’s home, then the LORD will become my God.
- Judg 9:46-472 verses67%
46When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.
47Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.
- Judg 9:50-523 verses67%
50Abimelech moved on to Thebez; he besieged and captured it.
51There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.
52Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,
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8“If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought,“then the other camp will be able to escape.”
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21Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon,“Come on, you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” So Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.
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37Gaal again said,“Look, men are coming down from the very center of the land. A unit is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.”
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25Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.
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5I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.
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9Gideon Reassured of Victory That night the LORD said to Gideon,“Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.
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10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.
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25He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.
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10The men of Judah said,“Why are you attacking us?” The Philistines said,“We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”
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19A ruler will be established from Jacob; he will destroy the remains of the city.’”
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10When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.
11If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.
12If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.
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5At that time, I will destroy the military power of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
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9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.
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33In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.”
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20He said to her,“Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you,‘Is there a man here?’ say,‘No.’”
- Gen 32:19-202 verses64%
19He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying,“You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
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7Samson said to them,“Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.”
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29I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’
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30So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
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5He said to the men of Succoth,“Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”