updv - Judges:8:1-21

updv@Judges:8:1 @ And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply.

updv@Judges:8:2 @ And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you(note:){+}(:note)? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

updv@Judges:8:3 @ God has delivered into your(note:){+}(:note) hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you{+}? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

updv@Judges:8:4 @ And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

updv@Judges:8:5 @ And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you(note:){+}(:note), loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

updv@Judges:8:6 @ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?

updv@Judges:8:7 @ And Gideon said, Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your(note:){+}(:note) flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

updv@Judges:8:8 @ And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

updv@Judges:8:9 @ And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

updv@Judges:8:10 @ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the host of the sons of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen.

updv@Judges:8:11 @ And Gideon went up by the way of those who stayed in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the host; for the host was secure.

updv@Judges:8:12 @ And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he routed all the host.

updv@Judges:8:13 @ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

updv@Judges:8:14 @ And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy and seven men.

updv@Judges:8:15 @ And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you(note:){+}(:note) taunted me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?

updv@Judges:8:16 @ And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he flailed the men of Succoth.

updv@Judges:8:17 @ And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

updv@Judges:8:18 @ Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you(note:){+}(:note) slew at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so they were; each one resembled the sons of a king.

updv@Judges:8:19 @ And he said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother: as Yahweh lives, if you(note:){+}(:note) had saved them alive, I would not slay you{+}.

updv@Judges:8:20 @ And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise up, and slay them. But the youth did not draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

updv@Judges:8:21 @ Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, You rise, and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.