ASV_Strong : Judges 8
1. And the men[H376] of Ephraim[H669] said[H559] unto him[H4100], Why hast thou served[H6213] us thus[H1697], that thou calledst[H7121] us not[H1980], when thou wentest to fight[H3898] with Midian[H4080]? And they did chide[H7378] with him sharply[H2394].
2. And he said[H559] unto them[H6213], What have I now done in comparison with you[H5955]? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim[H669] better[H2896] than the vintage[H1210] of Abiezer[H44]?
3. God[H430] hath delivered[H5414] into your hand[H3027] the princes[H8269] of Midian[H4080], Oreb[H6159] and Zeeb[H2062]: and what was I able[H3201] to do[H6213] in comparison with you[H7307]? Then their anger was abated[H7503] toward him[H1697], when he had said that[H1696].
4. And Gideon[H1439] came[H935] to the Jordan[H3383], and passed over[H5674], he[H7969], and the three hundred[H3967] men[H376] that were with him[H5889], faint, yet pursuing[H7291].
5. And he said[H559] unto the men[H582] of Succoth[H5523], Give[H5414], I pray you[H3603], loaves of bread[H3899] unto the people[H5971] that follow[H7272] me[H5889]; for they are faint, and I am pursuing[H7291] after[H310] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759], the kings[H4428] of Midian[H4080].
6. And the princes[H8269] of Succoth[H5523] said[H559], Are the hands[H3709] of Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] now in thy hand[H3027], that we should give[H5414] bread[H3899] unto thine army[H6635]?
7. And Gideon[H1439] said[H559], Therefore when Jehovah[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] into my hand[H3027], then I will tear[H1758] your flesh[H1320] with the thorns[H6975] of the wilderness[H4057] and with briers[H1303].
8. And he went up[H5927] thence to Penuel[H6439], and spake[H1696] unto them in like[H2063] manner[H582]; and the men of Penuel[H6439] answered[H6030] him as the men[H582] of Succoth[H5523] had answered[H6030].
9. And he spake[H559] also unto the men[H582] of Penuel[H6439], saying[H559], When I come again[H7725] in peace[H7965], I will break down[H5422] this tower[H4026].
10. Now Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] were in Karkor[H7174], and their hosts[H4264] with them[H2568], about fifteen thousand[H505] men[H3498], all that were left of all the host[H4264] of the children[H1121] of the east[H6924]; for there fell[H5307] a hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] men[H376] that drew[H8025] sword[H2719].
11. And Gideon[H1439] went up[H5927] by the way[H1870] of them that dwelt[H7931] in tents[H168] on the east[H6924] of Nobah[H5025] and Jogbehah[H3011], and smote[H5221] the host[H4264]; for the host[H4264] was secure[H983].
12. And Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] fled[H5127]; and he pursued[H7291] after[H310] them[H3920]; and he took the two[H8147] kings[H4428] of Midian[H4080], Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759], and discomfited[H2729] all the host[H4264].
13. And Gideon[H1439] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101] returned[H7725] from the battle[H4421] from[H4608] the ascent of Heres[H2775].
14. And he caught[H3920] a young man[H5288] of the men[H5288] of Succoth[H5523], and inquired[H7592] of him[H3789]: and he described for him the princes[H8269] of Succoth[H5523], and the elders[H2205] thereof[H7657], seventy and seven men[H376].
15. And he came[H935] unto the men[H582] of Succoth[H5523], and said[H559], Behold Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759], concerning whom ye did taunt[H2778] me[H559], saying, Are the hands[H3709] of Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] now in thy hand[H3027], that we should give[H5414] bread[H3899] unto thy men[H582] that are weary[H3287]?
16. And he took[H3947] the elders[H2205] of the city[H5892], and thorns[H6975] of the wilderness[H4057] and briers[H1303], and with them he taught[H3045] the men[H582] of Succoth[H5523].
17. And he brake down[H5422] the tower[H4026] of Penuel[H6439], and slew[H2026] the men[H582] of the city[H5892].
18. Then said[H559] he unto Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759], What[H375] manner of men[H582] were they whom ye slew[H2026] at Tabor[H8396]? And they answered[H559], As thou[H3644] art[H259], so were they; each one resembled[H8389] the children[H1121] of a king[H4428].
19. And he said[H559], They were my brethren[H251], the sons[H1121] of my mother[H517]: as Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416], if[H3863] ye had saved them alive[H2421], I would not slay you[H2026].
20. And he said[H559] unto Jether[H3500] his first-born[H1060], Up[H6965], and slay[H2026] them[H5288]. But the youth drew[H8025] not his sword[H2719]; for he feared[H3372], because he was yet a youth[H5288].
21. Then Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] said[H559], Rise[H6965] thou[H6293], and fall upon us[H376]; for as the man is[H1369], so is his strength. And Gideon[H1439] arose[H6965], and slew[H2026] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759], and took[H3947] the crescents[H7720] that were on their camels[H1581]' necks[H6677].
22. Then the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto Gideon[H1439], Rule[H4910] thou over us[H1121], both thou, and thy son, and thy son[H1121]'s son[H1121] also[H3467]; for thou hast saved us out of the hand[H3027] of Midian[H4080].
23. And Gideon[H1439] said[H559] unto them[H4910], I will not rule over you[H1121], neither shall my son rule[H4910] over you[H3068]: Jehovah shall rule over you[H4910].
24. And Gideon[H1439] said[H559] unto them[H7592], I would make a request[H7596] of you[H5414], that ye would give me every man[H376] the ear-rings[H5141] of his spoil[H7998]. (For they had golden[H2091] ear-rings[H5141], because they were Ishmaelites[H3459].)
25. And they answered[H559], We will willingly[H5414] give[H5414] them[H6566]. And they spread a garment[H8071], and did cast[H7993] therein every man[H376] the ear-rings[H5141] of his spoil[H7998].
26. And the weight[H4948] of the golden[H2091] ear-rings[H5141] that he requested[H7592] was a thousand[H505] and seven[H7651] hundred[H3967] shekels of gold[H2091], besides the crescents[H7720], and the pendants[H5188], and the purple[H713] raiment[H899] that was on the kings[H4428] of Midian[H4080], and besides the chains[H6060] that were about their camels[H1581]' necks[H6677].
27. And Gideon[H1439] made[H6213] an ephod[H646] thereof[H3322], and put it in his city[H5892], even in Ophrah[H6084]: and all Israel[H3478] played the harlot[H2181] after[H310] it there[H4170]; and it became a snare unto Gideon[H1439], and to his house[H1004].
28. So Midian[H4080] was subdued[H3665] before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and they lifted up[H5375] their heads[H7218] no more[H3254]. And the land[H776] had rest[H8252] forty[H705] years[H8141] in the days[H3117] of Gideon[H1439].
29. And Jerubbaal[H3378] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101] went[H3212] and dwelt[H3427] in his own house[H1004].
30. And Gideon[H1439] had threescore and ten[H7657] sons[H1121] of his body[H3409] begotten[H3318]; for he had many[H7227] wives[H802].
31. And his concubine[H6370] that was in Shechem[H7927], she also bare[H3205] him a son[H1121], and he called[H7760] his name[H8034] Abimelech[H40].
32. And Gideon[H1439] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101] died[H4191] in a good[H2896] old age[H7872], and was buried[H6912] in the sepulchre[H6913] of Joash[H3101] his father[H1], in Ophrah[H6084] of the Abiezrites[H33].
33. And it came to pass[H1439], as soon as Gideon was dead[H4191], that the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] turned again[H7725], and played the harlot[H2181] after[H310] the Baalim[H1168], and made[H7760] Baal-berith[H1170] their god[H430].
34. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] remembered[H2142] not Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430], who had delivered[H5337] them out of the hand[H3027] of all their enemies[H341] on every side[H5439];
35. neither showed[H6213] they kindness[H2617] to the house[H1004] of Jerubbaal[H3378], who is Gideon[H1439], according to all the goodness[H2896] which he had showed[H6213] unto Israel[H3478].
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