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JUD-8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou
served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to
fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
JUD-8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in
comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning of the grapes of
Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
JUD-8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian,
Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you?
Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
JUD-8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and
the three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing
[them].
JUD-8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you,
loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be]
faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of
Midian.
JUD-8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, [Are] the hands of
Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread
unto thine army?
JUD-8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered
Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh
with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
JUD-8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them
likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of
Succoth had answered [him].
JUD-8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I
come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
JUD-8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna [were] in Karkor, and their
hosts with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were
left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there
fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
JUD-8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in
tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for
the host was secure.
JUD-8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them,
and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and
discomfited all the host.
JUD-8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before
the sun [was up],
JUD-8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and
inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of
Succoth, and the elders thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen
men.
JUD-8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold
Zebah and Zalmunna with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, [Are]
the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we
should give bread unto thy men [that are] weary?
JUD-8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the
wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of
Succoth.
JUD-8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men
of the city.
JUD-8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of
men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As
thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a
king.
JUD-8:19 And he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the sons
of my mother: [as] the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive,
I would not slay you.
JUD-8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay
them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because
he [was] yet a youth.
JUD-8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon
us: for as the man [is, so is] his strength. And Gideon arose,
and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that
[were] on their camels' necks.
JUD-8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over
us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou
hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
JUD-8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you,
neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
JUD-8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of
you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey.
(For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)
JUD-8:25 And they answered, We will willingly give [them]. And
they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the
earrings of his prey.
JUD-8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested
was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside
ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the
kings of Midian, and beside the chains that [were] about their
camels' necks.
JUD-8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his
city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring
after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his
house.
JUD-8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel,
so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was
in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
JUD-8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his
own house.
JUD-8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body
begotten: for he had many wives.
JUD-8:31 And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare
him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
JUD-8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and
was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of
the Abiezrites.
JUD-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.
JUD-8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD
their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their
enemies on every side:
JUD-8:35 Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal,
[namely], Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had
showed unto Israel.
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