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Judges 8:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Karkor: If this were the name of a place, it is no where else mentioned. Some contend that karkor: signifies rest; and the Vulgate renders it requiescebant:, "rested". This seems the most likely; for it is said (Judges 8:11) that Gideon "smote the host. For the host was secure."

children: Judges 7:12

fell an hundred: etc. or, an hundred and twenty thousand every one drawing a sword, Judges 7:22, Judges 20:2, Judges 20:15, Judges 20:17, Judges 20:25, Judges 20:35, Judges 20:46; 2 Kings 3:26; 2 Chronicles 13:17, 2 Chronicles 28:6, 2 Chronicles 28:8; Isaiah 37:36

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