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12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon[a] chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised[b] their entire army.

13 Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass[c] of Heres. 14 He captured a young man from Sukkoth[d] and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Sukkoth’s officials and city leaders—seventy-seven men in all.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Judges 8:12 tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”
  3. Judges 8:13 tn Or “ascent.”
  4. Judges 8:14 tn Heb “from the men of Sukkoth.”
  5. Judges 8:14 tn Heb “wrote down for him the officials of Sukkoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”

12 Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.

13 Gideon son of Joash(A) then returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres.(B) 14 He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth,(C) the elders(D) of the town.

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