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JG-6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel,

which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I

brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the

house of bondage; <bondage> <brought> <children> <egypt> <forth>

JG-6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and

out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out

from before you, and gave you their land; <all> <before>

JG-6:10 And I said unto you, I [am] the LORD your God; fear not

the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:but ye have not

obeyed my voice. <amorites> <dwell> <fear> <god> <gods> <have>

JG-6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an

oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the

Abiezrite:and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to

hide [it] from the Midianites. <angel> <came> <gideon> <hide>

JG-6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said

unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

<with>

JG-6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be

with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where [be] all

his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the

LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us,

and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. <all>

JG-6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy

might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the

Midianites:have not I sent thee? <go> <hand> <have> <him>

JG-6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save

Israel? behold, my family [is] poor in Manasseh, and I [am] the

least in my father's house. <behold> <family> <him> <house>

JG-6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee,

and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. <him> <lord>

JG-6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy

sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me. <found>

JG-6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee,

and bring forth my present, and set [it] before thee. And he

said, I will tarry until thou come again. <again> <before>

JG-6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened

cakes of an ephah of flour:the flesh he put in a basket, and he

put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out unto him under the

oak, and presented [it] . <basket> <broth> <brought> <cakes>

JG-6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and

the unleavened cakes, and lay [them] upon this rock, and pour

out the broth. And he did so. <angel> <broth> <cakes> <did>

JG-6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the

staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the

unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and

consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of

the LORD departed out of his sight. <angel> <cakes> <consumed>

JG-6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he [was] an angel of the

LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an

angel of the LORD face to face. <alas> <angel> <because> <face>

JG-6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace [be] unto thee; fear

not:thou shalt not die. <die> <fear> <him> <lord> <peace> <said>

JG-6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and

called it Jehovahshalom:unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of

the Abiezrites. <altar> <built> <called> <day> <gideon>

JG-6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said

unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second

bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal

that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:

JG-6:26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of

this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock,

and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which

thou shalt cut down. <altar> <build> <bullock> <burnt> <cut>

JG-6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the

LORD had said unto him:and [so] it was, because he feared his

father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not

do [it] by day, that he did [it] by night. <because> <city>

JG-6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning,

behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut

down that [was] by it, and the second bullock was offered upon

the altar [that was] built. <altar> <arose> <baal> <behold>

JG-6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing?

And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of

Joash hath done this thing. <another> <asked> <done> <gideon>

JG-6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy

son, that he may die:because he hath cast down the altar of Baal,

and because he hath cut down the grove that [was] by it.

JG-6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye

plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him,

let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning:if he [be] a

god, let him plead for himself, because [one] hath cast down his

altar. <against> <all> <altar> <baal> <because> <cast> <death>

JG-6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying,

Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his

altar. <against> <altar> <baal> <because> <called> <day> <down>

JG-6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the

children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and

pitched in the valley of Jezreel. <all> <amalekites> <children>

JG-6:34 But the spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew

a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. <after> <blew>

JG-6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also

was gathered after him:and he sent messengers unto Asher, and

unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

JG-6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by

mine hand, as thou hast said, <gideon> <god> <hand> <hast>

JG-6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; [and]

if the dew be on the fleece only, and [it be] dry upon all the

earth [beside] , then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by

mine hand, as thou hast said. <all> <behold> <beside> <dew>

<wool>

JG-6:38 And it was so:for he rose up early on the morrow, and

thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the

fleece, a bowl full of water. <bowl> <dew> <early> <fleece>

JG-6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot

against me, and I will speak but this once:let me prove, I pray

thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon

the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. <against>

JG-6:40 And God did so that night:for it was dry upon the fleece

only, and there was dew on all the ground. <all> <dew> <did>

JG-7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who [is] Gideon, and all the people that

[were] with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of

Harod:so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side

of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. <all> <beside>

JG-7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with

thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their

hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own

hand hath saved me. <against> <are> <gideon> <give> <hand>

JG-7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people,

saying, Whosoever [is] fearful and afraid, let him return and

depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people

twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

JG-7:4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people [are] yet [too]

many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for

thee there:and it shall be, [that] of whom I say unto thee, This

shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of

whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the

same shall not go. <are> <bring> <down> <gideon> <go> <lord>

JG-7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water:and the LORD

said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his

tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself;

likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

JG-7:6 And the number of them that lapped, [putting] their hand

to their mouth, were three hundred men:but all the rest of the

people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. <all> <bowed>

JG-7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men

that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into

thine hand:and let all the [other] people go every man unto his

place. <all> <deliver> <every> <gideon> <go> <hand> <hundred>

JG-7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their

trumpets:and he sent all [the rest of] Israel every man unto his

tent, and retained those three hundred men:and the host of

Midian was beneath him in the valley. <all> <beneath> <every>

JG-7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said

unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have

delivered it into thine hand. <arise> <came> <delivered> <down>

JG-7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy

servant down to the host:<down> <fear> <go> <host> <phurah>

JG-7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall

thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went

he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed

men that [were] in the host. <afterward> <armed> <down> <go>

JG-7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the

children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers

for multitude; and their camels [were] without number, as the

sand by the sea side for multitude. <all> <along> <amalekites>

JG-7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that

told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a

dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of

Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and

overturned it, that the tent lay along. <along> <barley>

<when>

JG-7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This [is] nothing else

save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel:[for]

into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. <all>

JG-7:15 And it was [so] , when Gideon heard the telling of the

dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and

returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD

hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. <arise>

JG-7:16 And he divided the three hundred men [into] three

companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty

pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. <companies> <divided>

JG-7:17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise:and,

behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be

[that] , as I do, so shall ye do. <behold> <camp> <come> <do>

JG-7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me,

then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp,

and say, [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon. <all> <also>

JG-7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that [were] with him,

came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle

watch; and they had but newly set the watch:and they blew the

trumpets, and brake the pitchers that [were] in their hands.

JG-7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the

pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the

trumpets in their right hands to blow [withal] :and they cried,

The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. <blew> <blow> <brake>

JG-7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the

camp:and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. <all> <camp>

JG-7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD

set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all

the host:and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, [and] to

the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. <against> <all>

JG-7:23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out

of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and

pursued after the Midianites. <after> <all> <asher> <gathered>

JG-7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim,

saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them

the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of

Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto

Bethbarah and Jordan. <against> <all> <before> <bethbarah>

JG-7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and

Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew

at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the

heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

JG-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.

JG-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? <better> <comparison> <done>

JG-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.

JG-8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the

three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing

[them] . <came> <faint> <gideon> <him> <hundred> <jordan> <men>

JG-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. <after> <bread> <faint> <follow> <give> <kings> <loaves>

JG-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? <are> <army> <bread> <give> <hand> <hands> <now>

JG-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. <briers>

JG-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] . <answered> <had> <him> <likewise>

JG-8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I

come again in peace, I will break down this tower. <again>

JG-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. <all>

JG-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. <dwelt> <east> <gideon> <host> <jogbehah>

JG-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. <after> <all> <discomfited> <fled>

<zebah>

JG-8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before

the sun [was up] , <battle> <before> <gideon> <joash> <returned>

JG-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.

<young>

JG-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? <are> <behold>

JG-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. <briers> <city> <elders> <men> <succoth> <taught>

JG-8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men

of the city. <beat> <city> <down> <men> <penuel> <slew> <tower>

JG-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. <answered> <art> <children> <each> <king> <manner> <men>

JG-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. <alive> <brethren> <even> <had> <liveth>

JG-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. <because> <drew> <feared> <firstborn>

JG-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. <arose> <away> <fall> <gideon>

JG-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. <also> <both> <delivered>

JG-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.

JG-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. )

JG-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. <answered> <cast> <did> <earrings> <every>

JG-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. <beside> <chains> <collars> <earrings> <gold>

JG-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.

JG-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. <before>

<years>

JG-8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own

house. <dwelt> <house> <jerubbaal> <joash> <own> <son> <went>

JG-8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body

begotten:for he had many wives. <begotten> <body> <gideon> <had>

JG-8:31 And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare

him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. <also> <bare>

JG-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. <age> <buried> <died> <father> <gideon> <good>

JG-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. <after> <again>

JG-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:<all> <children> <delivered> <enemies>

JG-8:35 Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal,

[namely] , Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had

showed unto Israel. <all> <gideon> <goodness> <had> <house>

<which>

JG-9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto

his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the

family of the house of his mother's father, saying, <all>

JG-9:2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem,

Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of

Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over

you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your

bone and your flesh. <all> <also> <are> <better> <bone> <ears>

JG-9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all

the men of Shechem all these words:and their hearts inclined to

follow Abimelech; for they said, He [is] our brother. <all>

JG-9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver

out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain

and light persons, which followed him. <baalberith> <followed>

JG-9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew

his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, [being] threescore and ten

persons, upon one stone:notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest

son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. <being>

JG-9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the

house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain

of the pillar that [was] in Shechem. <all> <gathered> <house>

JG-9:7 And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in

the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried,

and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God

may hearken unto you. <cried> <gerizim> <god> <hearken> <jotham>

JG-9:8 The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over

them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

JG-9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my

fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be

promoted over the trees? <fatness> <go> <god> <honour> <leave>

JG-9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, [and]

reign over us. <come> <fig> <over> <reign> <said> <tree> <trees>

JG-9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my

sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the

trees? <fig> <forsake> <fruit> <go> <good> <over> <promoted>

JG-9:12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, [and]

reign over us. <come> <over> <reign> <said> <then> <trees> <vine>

JG-9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine,

which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the

trees? <cheereth> <go> <god> <leave> <man> <over> <promoted>

JG-9:14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou,

[and] reign over us. <all> <bramble> <come> <over> <reign>

JG-9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye

anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my

shadow:and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour

the cedars of Lebanon. <anoint> <bramble> <cedars> <come>

JG-9:16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in

that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with

Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the

deserving of his hands; <dealt> <deserving> <done> <hands>

JG-9:17 ( For my father fought for you, and adventured his life

far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:<adventured>

JG-9:18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day,

and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one

stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king

over the men of Shechem, because he [is] your brother; )

<your>

JG-9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal

and with his house this day, [then] rejoice ye in Abimelech, and

let him also rejoice in you:<also> <day> <dealt> <have> <him>

JG-9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour

the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come

out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and

devour Abimelech. <come> <devour> <fire> <house> <let> <men>

JG-9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and

dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. <away> <beer>

JG-9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

JG-9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the

men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with

Abimelech:<between> <dealt> <evil> <god> <men> <sent> <shechem>

JG-9:24 That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons

of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech

their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem,

which aided him in the killing of his brethren. <aided> <blood>

JG-9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the

top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that

way by them:and it was told Abimelech. <all> <along> <came>

JG-9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and

went over to Shechem:and the men of Shechem put their confidence

in him. <brethren> <came> <confidence> <ebed> <gaal> <him> <men>

JG-9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their

vineyards, and trode [the grapes] , and made merry, and went

into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed

Abimelech. <cursed> <did> <drink> <eat> <fields> <gathered>

<went>

JG-9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who [is] Abimelech, and

who [is] Shechem, that we should serve him? [is] not [he] the

son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor

the father of Shechem:for why should we serve him? <ebed>

JG-9:29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then

would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase

thine army, and come out. <army> <come> <god> <hand> <increase>

JG-9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of

Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. <anger> <city>

<zebul>

JG-9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying,

Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem;

and, behold, they fortify the city against thee. <against>

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