And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson.
In these verses we have, I. Gideon, as a valiant general, pursuing the remaining Midianites, and bravely following his blow. A very great slaughter was made of the enemy at first: 120,000 men that drew the sword, Jdg 8:10. Such a terrible execution did they make among themselves, and so easy a prey were they to Israel.
Commenting on Judges 8:4-17
And he took the elders of the city,.... All of them, especially those of them who had been most guilty, and had them to a proper place, where they might be made public examples of: and thorns of the wilderness, and briers; which were near at hand, and soon cut up, for which he gave orders to proper persons: and with them he taught the...
ZEBAH AND ZALMUNNA TAKEN. (Jdg. 8:10-27) Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor--a town on the eastern confines of Gad. The wreck of the Midianite army halted there.
Commenting on Judges 8:10-27