Judges 8:9

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Judg 8:17 : 17 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27-28 : 27 Say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."'" 28 Micaiah said, "If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me." He said, "Listen, all you people!"

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  • Judg 8:15-18
    4 verses
    83%

    15He came to the men of Succoth, and said, "See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?'"

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

    17He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

    18Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king."

  • Judg 8:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

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

    8He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

  • Ezek 26:9
    70%

    9He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.

  • Gen 28:21
    68%

    21so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,

  • Judg 9:46-47
    2 verses
    67%

    46When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

    47It was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

  • Judg 9:50-52
    3 verses
    67%

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

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

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

  • Gen 32:8
    67%

    8and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."

  • Judg 8:21
    66%

    21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength." Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

  • Judg 9:37
    65%

    37Gaal spoke again and said, "Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim."

  • 1 Kgs 12:25
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    25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.

  • Josh 8:5
    65%

    5I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

  • Judg 7:9
    65%

    9It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, "Arise, go down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.

  • Judg 8:10
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    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.

  • Judg 1:25
    65%

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

  • Judg 15:10
    65%

    10The men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us."

  • Num 24:19
    65%

    19Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city."

  • Deut 20:10-12
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    65%

    10When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

    11It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

    12If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

  • Hos 1:5
    65%

    5It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."

  • Gen 35:9
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    9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

  • Judg 9:33
    65%

    33and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion."

  • Judg 4:20
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    20He said to her, "Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man comes and inquires of you, and says, 'Is there any man here?' that you shall say, 'No.'"

  • Gen 32:19-20
    2 verses
    64%

    19He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.

    20You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."

  • Judg 15:7
    64%

    7Samson said to them, "If you behave like this, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease."

  • Gen 31:29
    64%

    29It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'

  • Gen 32:30
    64%

    30Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

  • Judg 8:5
    64%

    5He 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."