8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. 1 The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. 2
Judges 18:14
18:14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish 3 said to their kinsmen, 4 “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
1 tnHeb “and spoke to them in the same way.”
2 tnHeb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”
3 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”