Judges 8:14 Meaning and Explanation
“And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.”
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Read Full Chapter →Gideon questions a young man of Succoth, who writes down the names of its seventy-seven officials.
What Does Judges 8:14 Mean?
On the way back Gideon detains a young man of Succoth and questions him. The youth describes, literally writes down, the names of the city's princes and elders, seventy-seven men in all. The leaders who mocked Gideon are now named and known.
That a common young man could write these names quietly testifies to how widely literacy reached in Israel. More to the point, those who thought their scorn would cost them nothing are identified one by one. The verse shows that accountability is not vague; the very men responsible are set down by name, and the promise made to them will be kept exactly.
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What does Judges 8:14 mean?
Gideon questions a young man of Succoth, who writes down the names of its seventy-seven officials.