Judges 8:10
“Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor..... Jerom (u) under this word says, there was in his time a castle called…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Zebah and Zalmunna seem to have fled nearly due east to Karkor, which was probably an enclosure of some kind (perhaps a…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 8:4-17
In these verses we have,
I. Gideon, as a valiant general, pursuing the remaining Midianites, and bravely following his…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Karkor Site unknown, probably near the edge of the Syrian desert.
all that were left … drew sword These words have the…
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