Judges 8:9
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He said, therefore, to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this tower.

I come

1 Kings 22:27,28 And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put this man in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and water of distress till I return in peace. . . .

I will break

Judges 8:17 And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.

Context
Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna
8And going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered. 9He said, therefore, to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this tower.10But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword were slain.…
Cross References
Judges 8:17
And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.

Judges 8:10
But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword were slain.

Lexicon
So [Gideon]
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

told
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the men
לְאַנְשֵׁ֥י (lə·’an·šê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Penuel,
פְנוּאֵ֖ל (p̄ə·nū·’êl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6439: Penuel -- 'face of God', a place East of the Jordan, also two Israelites

“When I return
בְּשׁוּבִ֣י (bə·šū·ḇî)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

in triumph,
בְשָׁל֔וֹם (ḇə·šā·lō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

I will tear down
אֶתֹּ֖ץ (’et·tōṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5422: To pull down, break down

this
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

tower!”
הַמִּגְדָּ֥ל (ham·miḡ·dāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers


Additional Translations
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.

And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."

And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, 'In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.'
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