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Judges 8:10

Judges 8:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Karkor: If this were the name of a place, it is no where else mentioned. Some contend that karkor: signifies rest; and the Vulgate renders it requiescebant:, "rested". This seems the most likely; for it is said () that Gideon "smote the host. For the host was secure."

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