Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
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Interpretation
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.
Glossary
- East Place
- (1. ) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus “the east country” is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais ( Zech. 8:7 ). (2). Modern identification: Amman.
- Karkor Place
- Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan ( Judg. 8:10 ), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Modern identification: Al Qarqar.