strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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
?
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges:8:4
@ And
Gideon
came
to
Jordan
, and passed
over
, he, and the
three
hundred
men
that were with him,
faint
, yet
pursuing
them.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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
?
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges:8:8
@ And he went
up
thence to
Penuel
P@, and
spake
unto them
likewise
: and the
men
of
Penuel
answered
him as the
men
of
Succoth
had
answered
him.
strkjv@Judges:8:9
@ And he
spake
also unto the
men
of
Penuel
P@,
saying
, When I come
again
in
peace
, I will break
down
this
tower
.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges:8:13
@ And
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
returned
from
battle
before
the
sun
was up,
strkjv@Judges:8:14
@ And
caught
a young
man
of the
men
of
Succoth
, and
enquired
of him: and he
described
unto him the
princes
of
Succoth
, and the
elders
thereof, even threescore and
seventeen
H7651
men
.
strkjv@Judges: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
@?
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges:8:17
@ And he beat
down
the
tower
of
Penuel
P@, and
slew
the
men
of the
city
.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges:8:22
@ Then the
men
of
Israel
said
unto
Gideon
,
Rule
thou over us, both thou, and thy
son
, and thy
sons
son
also: for thou hast
delivered
us from the
hand
of
Midian
.
strkjv@Judges: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.
strkjv@Judges: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
. )
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges: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
.
strkjv@Judges:8:29
@ And
Jerubbaal
the
son
of
Joash
went
and
dwelt
in his own
house
.
strkjv@Judges:8:30
@ And
Gideon
had threescore and
ten
sons
of his
body
begotten
: for he had
many
wives
.
strkjv@Judges:8:31
@ And his
concubine
that was in
Shechem
, she also
bare
him a
son
, whose
name
he
called
Abimelech
.
strkjv@Judges: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
Abiy ha-.
strkjv@Judges: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
altheir
god
.
strkjv@Judges: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
:
strkjv@Judges:8:35
@ Neither
shewed
they
kindness
to the
house
of
Jerubbaal
Y@, namely,
Gideon
, according to all the
goodness
which he had
shewed
unto
Israel
.
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