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He 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.”
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Verse 5. Soccoth. “The tents,” where Jacob had encamped. Genesis 33. It belonged to the tribe of Dan. Menochius.—The people of this town, as well as the ancients of Phanuel, returned an insolent reply to the just request of Gedeon. In cases of such extremity, all are bound to assist the defenders of their country; and the refusal is punished as a sort of rebellion, 2 Kennicott. 24:10. Calmet.
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