Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:10
10. Karkor A city or district some distance east of the Jordan, but now unknown. Fifteen thousand The remnant of the one hundred and thirty-five thousand that had spread themselves like locusts in the plains of Israel. A hundred and twenty thousand had either killed themselves in the suicidal night encounter, (Judges 8:22,) or had fallen before the victorious Israelites. No wonder this defeat of Midian was remembered long in Israel. Compare Psalms 83:11; Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 9:10, 26. read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Judges 8:33
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.As soon as, … — Whereby we see the temper of this people, who did no longer cleave to God, than they were in a manner constrained to it, by the presence and authority of their judges.Baalim — This was the general name including all their idols, one of which here follows.Baal-berith — That is, the Lord of the covenant; so called, either from... read more