Judges 8:14
Good News Translation
he captured a young man from Sukkoth and questioned him. The young man wrote down for Gideon the names of the seventy-seven leading men of Sukkoth.

New Revised Standard Version
he caught a young man, one of the people of Succoth, and questioned him; and he listed for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven people.

Contemporary English Version
he caught a young man who lived in Succoth. Gideon asked him who the town officials of Succoth were, and the young man wrote down 77 names.

New American Bible
He captured a young man of Succoth and questioned him, and he wrote down for him the seventy-seven princes and elders of Succoth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him seventy-seven men.

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He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him seventy-seven men.

caught

Judges 1:24,25 They saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him: Shew us the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. . . .

1 Samuel 30:11-15 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink, . . .

described.

Context
Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna
13And returning from the battle before the sun rising, 14He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him seventy-seven men.15And he came to Soccoth, and said to them: Behold Zebee, and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint.…
Cross References
Genesis 33:17
And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.

Judges 8:13
And returning from the battle before the sun rising,

Judges 8:15
And he came to Soccoth, and said to them: Behold Zebee, and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint.

Judges 8:13
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