Judg 8:1-3, 1Sa 26:20 | TSK | STEP | Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites. Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army. Zebah and Zalmunna are taken. Succoth and Penuel are destroyed. Gideon revenges his brethren's death on Zebah and Zalmunna. He refuses government. His ephod the cause of idolatry. Midian subdued. Gideon's children, and death. The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude. the men. Why, etc. Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us?sharply. Heb. strongly.

a flea.{Parosh,} (in Arabic {borghooth,} Syriac, {poorthano,}) the well known little contemptible and troublesome insect, the flea, seems to be so called from its agility in leaping and skipping, from {para,} "free," and {raash,} "to leap, bound." David, by comparing himself to this insect, seems to import, that while it would cost Saul much pains to catch him, he would obtain but very little advantage from it.

a partridge.{Korai} certainly denotes the partridge, which is called in Arabic, {kiräa.} It seems to be so called from the cry or {cur} which it utters when calling its young.