Passage Research
Judges 8 — Sermon Preparation
Gideon pursues and executes the two Midianite kings, but makes a gold ephod that becomes an idol, and the land returns to chaos after his death. Below is a research summary for Judges 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 35
- verses
- 527 / 202
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Judges 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גִּדְעוֹן | Gidʻôwn | H1439 | 15 | Gidon |
| צַלְמֻנָּע | Tsalmunnâʻ | H6759 | 11 | Tsalmunna |
| זֶבַח | Zebach | H2078 | 11 | Zebach |
| סֻכּוֹת | Çukkôwth | H5523 | 7 | Succoth |
| מִדְיָן | Midyân | H4080 | 7 | Midjan |
| פְּנוּאֵל | Pᵉnûwʼêl | H6439 | 4 | Penuel, Peniel |
| נֶזֶם | nezem | H5141 | 4 | nose-ring |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Judges 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Gideon's men were faint, yet pursuing; fatigued with what they had done, yet eager to do more against their enemies. It is many a time the true Christian's case, fainting, and yet pursuing. The world knows but little of the persevering and successful struggle the real believer maintains with his sinful heart. But he betakes himself to that Divine strength, in the faith of which he began his conflict, and by the supply of which alone he can finish it in triumph.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Judges 8:4–12 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Midian— Judg 8:1
- East— Judg 8:10
- Karkor— Judg 8:10
- Jogbehah— Judg 8:11
- Nobah 2— Judg 8:11
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