Verse 6

The officials of Succoth said,“You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 20:11 : 11 The king of Israel replied,“Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.”
  • 2 Kgs 14:9 : 9 King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah,“A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon,‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.
  • Prov 18:23 : 23 A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.
  • Gen 25:13 : 13 These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth(Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
  • Gen 37:25 : 25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.
  • Gen 37:28 : 28 So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.
  • Judg 5:23 : 23 ‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the LORD’s angel;‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the LORD’s battle, to help in the LORD’s battle against the warriors.’
  • Judg 8:15 : 15 He 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?’”
  • 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 But Nabal responded to David’s servants,“Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters! 11 Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”