Bible Strands
Judges 8:15
And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Gideon returns to Succoth after capturing Zebah and Zalmunna, confronting the town’s leaders at the moment their earlier refusal is reversed by their own taunt.
The words — הִנֵּה (hi.Neh) literally means "here!" or "behold," functioning as a demonstrative declaration that the captured kings are now physically present before the men who questioned his mission.
The thread — The quoted taunt originates in Judges 8:6, where Succoth’s elders demanded proof of the enemy's capture before supplying bread to Gideon's exhausted troops.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to see how spoken skepticism becomes the explicit standard for subsequent judgment, tying human words directly to their concrete consequences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Cross-references
- Judges 8:6 But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”