Judges 8:6

8:6 The officials of Succoth said, “You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give ¹  bread to your army?” ² 

Judges 8:8

8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. ³  The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. ⁴ 

[8:6]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “sell.”

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “Are the palms of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give to your army bread?” Perhaps the reference to the kings’ “palms” should be taken literally. The officials of Succoth may be alluding to the practice of mutilating prisoners or enemy corpses (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 155).

[8:8]  ³ tn Heb “and spoke to them in the same way.”

[8:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”