The Bible Story - Volume IV - Basil Wolverton - 1964

Basil Wolverton

GIDEON'S TROUBLED PEACE, FROM the town of Penuel, Gideon and his men moved homeward with the spoils from the Midianites, including the two Midianite kings as prisoners. On the out-skirts of the town of Succoth they captured a young man from whom they learned the names of seventy-seven of Succoth's leading men, the ones who had refused food to Gideon and his men when they were trailing the Midianites. (Judges 8:11-14.) "Seek out from the town all the men whose names this fellow has written down and bring them to the main street," Gideon told his soldiers. Some Were Repentant. Although the adult males of the town were considerable in number, they were cowed by the quick and decisive action of Gideon's men. The leaders were quickly rounded up and brought to the town center. "You refused us food because you were so faithless you were more afraid of what the Midianites might do to you than what God might do to you for rebelling against Him," Gideon reminded the sullen Gadites. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library