Judges 8:13

Ammon] N. of Moab: the Amalekites (Genesis 36:12) are called Edomites. They occupied the desert between Sinai and S. Palestine. The Kenites formed one of their nomad clans, but on the whole their enmity to Israel was constant: cp. 1 Samuel 15:2; hence their readiness to join Eglon's invasion. City of palm trees] cp. 1 Samuel 1:16 : Jericho, which was thus not entirely destroyed (Joshua 6:26). It would command the roads from central to southern Palestine.

Before the sun was up] RV 'from the ascent of Heres,' i.e. from the way up to Heres (see on Judges 2:9).