Karkor, the place where Gideon defeated the Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna (Judges 8:10).
Karkor was a location east of the Jordan River where Gideon, a judge of Israel, pursued and defeated the Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna (Judges 8:10). After Gideon's initial victory over the Midianites, he learned that Zebah and Zalmunna had escaped with about 15,000 men. Gideon and his 300 men pursued them to Karkor, where they launched a surprise attack and captured the two kings. The exact location of Karkor is not known, but it was likely situated in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River.
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Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judg. 8:10), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zeba and Zalmunna, whom he took captive.
(foundation), the place in which Zebah and Zalmunna were again routed by Gideon, (Judges 8:10) must have been on the east of Jordan.
KAR'KOR (foundation), the scene of Gideon's final dispersion of the defeated hosts of Zebah and Zalmunna. Jud 8:10. It was "east of the Jordan, in the open region of the nomad tribes."
KAR'KOR (foundation), the scene of Gideon's final dispersion of the defeated
hosts of Zebah and Zalmunna. Jud 8:10. It was "east of the Jordan, in the open region of the nomad tribes."
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H7174
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
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