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1. And the men[H376] of Ephraim[H669] said[H559] unto[H413] him, Why[H4100] hast thou served[H6213] us thus,[H2088] that thou calledst[H7121] us not,[H1115] when[H3588] thou wentest[H1980] to fight[H3898] with the Midianites?[H4080] And they did chide[H7378] with[H854] him sharply.[H2394]

2. And he said[H559] unto[H413] them, What[H4100] have I done[H6213] now[H6258] in comparison of you? Is not[H3808] the gleaning of the grapes[H5955] of Ephraim[H669] better[H2896] than the vintage[H4480] [H1210] of Abi-ezer?[H44]

3. God[H430] hath delivered[H5414] into your hands[H3027] [H853] the princes[H8269] of Midian,[H4080] [H853] Oreb[H6159] and Zeeb:[H2062] and what[H4100] was I able[H3201] to do[H6213] in comparison of you? Then[H227] their anger[H7307] was abated[H7503] toward[H4480] [H5921] him, when he had said[H1696] that.[H2088]

4. And Gideon[H1439] came[H935] to Jordan,[H3383] and passed over,[H5674] he,[H1931] and the three[H7969] hundred[H3967] men[H376] that[H834] were with[H854] him, faint,[H5889] yet pursuing[H7291] them.

5. And he said[H559] unto the men[H376] of Succoth,[H5523] Give,[H5414] I pray you,[H4994] loaves[H3603] of bread[H3899] unto the people[H5971] that[H834] follow[H7272] me; for[H3588] they[H1992] be faint,[H5889] and I[H595] am pursuing[H7291] after[H310] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna,[H6759] 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[H6258] in thine hand,[H3027] that[H3588] we should give[H5414] bread[H3899] unto thine army?[H6635]

7. And Gideon[H1439] said,[H559] Therefore[H3651] when the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] [H853] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] into mine hand,[H3027] then I will tear[H1758] [H853] your flesh[H1320] with[H854] the thorns[H6975] of the wilderness[H4057] and with[H854] briers.[H1303]

8. And he went up[H5927] thence[H4480] [H8033] to Penuel,[H6439] and spoke[H1696] unto[H413] them likewise:[H2063] and the men[H376] of Penuel[H6439] answered[H6030] him as[H834] the men[H376] of Succoth[H5523] had answered[H6030] him.

9. And he spoke[H559] also[H1571] unto the men[H376] of Penuel,[H6439] saying,[H559] When I come again[H7725] in peace,[H7965] I will break down[H5422] [H853] this[H2088] tower.[H4026]

10. Now Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] were in Karkor,[H7174] and their hosts[H4264] with[H5973] them, about fifteen[H2568] [H6240] thousand[H505] men, all[H3605] that were left[H3498] of all[H4480] [H3605] the hosts[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[H4480] [H6924] of Nobah[H5025] and Jogbehah,[H3011] and smote[H5221] [H853] the host:[H4264] for the host[H4264] was[H1961] secure.[H983]

12. And when Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] fled,[H5127] he pursued[H7291] after[H310] them, and took[H3920] [H853] the two[H8147] kings[H4428] of Midian,[H4080] [H853] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna,[H6759] and discomfited[H2729] all[H3605] the host.[H4264]

13. And Gideon[H1439] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101] returned[H7725] from[H4480] battle[H4421] before[H4480] [H4608] the sun[H2775] was up,

14. And caught[H3920] a young man[H5288] of the men[H4480] [H376] of Succoth,[H5523] and inquired[H7592] of him: and he described[H3789] unto[H413] him[H853] the princes[H8269] of Succoth,[H5523] and the elders[H2205] thereof, even threescore and seventeen[H7657] [H7651] men.[H376]

15. And he came[H935] unto[H413] the men[H376] of Succoth,[H5523] and said,[H559] Behold[H2009] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna,[H6759] with whom[H834] ye did upbraid[H2778] me, saying,[H559] Are the hands[H3709] of Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] now[H6258] in thine hand,[H3027] that[H3588] we should give[H5414] bread[H3899] unto thy men[H376] that are weary?[H3287]

16. And he took[H3947] [H853] the elders[H2205] of the city,[H5892] and thorns[H6975] of the wilderness[H4057] and briers,[H1303] and with them he taught[H3045] [H853] the men[H376] of Succoth.[H5523]

17. And he beat down[H5422] the tower[H4026] of Penuel,[H6439] and slew[H2026] [H853] the men[H376] of the city.[H5892]

18. Then said[H559] he unto[H413] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna,[H6759] What manner[H375] of men[H376] were they whom[H834] ye slew[H2026] at Tabor?[H8396] And they answered,[H559] As thou[H3644] art, so were they; each one[H259] resembled[H8389] the children[H1121] of a king.[H4428]

19. And he said,[H559] They[H1992] were my brethren,[H251] even the sons[H1121] of my mother:[H517] as the LORD[H3068] liveth,[H2416] if[H3863] ye had saved them alive,[H2421] [H853] I would not[H3808] slay[H2026] you.

20. And he said[H559] unto Jether[H3500] his firstborn,[H1060] Up,[H6965] and slay[H2026] them. But the youth[H5288] drew[H8025] not[H3808] his sword:[H2719] for[H3588] he feared,[H3372] because[H3588] he was yet[H5750] a youth.[H5288]

21. Then Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna[H6759] said,[H559] Rise[H6965] thou,[H859] and fall[H6293] upon us: for[H3588] as the man[H376] is, so is his strength.[H1369] And Gideon[H1439] arose,[H6965] and slew[H2026] [H853] Zebah[H2078] and Zalmunna,[H6759] and took away[H3947] [H853] the ornaments[H7720] that[H834] were on their camels'[H1581] necks.[H6677]

22. Then the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto[H413] Gideon,[H1439] Rule[H4910] thou over us, both[H1571] thou,[H859] and[H1571] thy son,[H1121] and thy son's[H1121] son[H1121] also:[H1571] for[H3588] thou hast delivered[H3467] us from the hand[H4480] [H3027] of Midian.[H4080]

23. And Gideon[H1439] said[H559] unto[H413] them, I[H589] will not[H3808] rule[H4910] over you, neither[H3808] shall my son[H1121] rule[H4910] over you: the LORD[H3068] shall rule[H4910] over you.

24. And Gideon[H1439] said[H559] unto[H413] them, I would desire[H7592] a request[H7596] of[H4480] you, that ye would give[H5414] me every man[H376] the earrings[H5141] of his prey.[H7998] (For[H3588] they had golden[H2091] earrings,[H5141] because[H3588] they[H1992] were Ishmaelites.)[H3459]

25. And they answered,[H559] We will willingly give[H5414] [H5414] them. And they spread[H6566] [H853] a garment,[H8071] and did cast[H7993] therein[H8033] every man[H376] the earrings[H5141] of his prey.[H7998]

26. And the weight[H4948] of the golden[H2091] earrings[H5141] that[H834] he requested[H7592] was[H1961] a thousand[H505] and seven[H7651] hundred[H3967] shekels of gold;[H2091] beside[H905] [H4480] ornaments,[H7720] and collars,[H5188] and purple[H713] raiment[H899] that was on[H7945] [H5921] the kings[H4428] of Midian,[H4080] and beside[H905] [H4480] the chains[H6060] that[H834] were about their camels'[H1581] necks.[H6677]

27. And Gideon[H1439] made[H6213] an ephod[H646] thereof, and put[H3322] it in his city,[H5892] even in Ophrah:[H6084] and all[H3605] Israel[H3478] went thither a whoring[H2181] [H8033] after[H310] it: which thing became[H1961] a snare[H4170] unto Gideon,[H1439] and to his house.[H1004]

28. Thus was Midian[H4080] subdued[H3665] before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel,[H3478] so that they lifted up[H5375] their heads[H7218] no[H3808] more.[H3254] And the country[H776] was in quietness[H8252] forty[H705] years[H8141] in the days[H3117] of Gideon.[H1439]

29. And Jerubbaal[H3378] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101] went[H1980] and dwelt[H3427] in his own house.[H1004]

30. And Gideon[H1439] had[H1961] threescore and ten[H7657] sons[H1121] of his body[H3409] begotten:[H3318] for[H3588] he had[H1961] many[H7227] wives.[H802]

31. And his concubine[H6370] that[H834] was in Shechem,[H7927] she[H1931] also[H1571] bore[H3205] him a son,[H1121] [H853] whose name[H8034] he called[H7760] 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 sepulcher[H6913] of Joash[H3101] his father,[H1] in Ophrah[H6084] of the Abi-ezrites.[H33]

33. And it came to pass,[H1961] as soon as[H834] Gideon[H1439] was dead,[H4191] that the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] turned again,[H7725] and went a whoring[H2181] after[H310] Baalim,[H1168] and made[H7760] Baal-berith[H1170] their god.[H430]

34. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] remembered[H2142] not[H3808] [H853] the LORD[H3068] their God,[H430] who had delivered[H5337] [H853] them out of the hands[H4480] [H3027] of all[H3605] their enemies[H341] on every side:[H4480] [H5439]

35. Neither[H3808] showed[H6213] they kindness[H2617] to[H5973] the house[H1004] of Jerubbaal,[H3378] namely, Gideon,[H1439] according to all[H3605] the goodness[H2896] which[H834] he had showed[H6213] unto[H5973] Israel.[H3478]