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* And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon , What is this that thou hast done to us , in that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Madiam ? and they chode with him sharply . * And he said to them , What have I now done in comparison of you ? is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer ? * The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam , Oreb and Zeb ; and what could I do in comparison of you ? Then was their spirit calmed toward him , when he spoke this word . * And Gedeon came to Jordan , and went over , himself and the three hundred with him , hungry , yet pursuing . * And he said to the men of Socchoth , Give , I pray you , bread to feed this people that follow me ; because they are faint , and behold , I am following after Zebee and Salmana , kings of Madiam . * And the princes of Socchoth said , (note :)Gr . Is the hand (:note ) Are the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand , that we should give bread to thy host ? * And Gedeon said , Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand , then will I (note :)Gr . thresh (:note ) tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness , and the Barkenim . * And he went up thence to Phanuel , and spoke to them likewise : and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth had answered him . * And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel , When I return in peace , I will (note :)Gr . dig down (:note ) break down this tower . * And Zebee and Salmana were in Carcar , and their host was with them , about fifteen thousand , all that were left of all the host of the aliens ; and they that fell were a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword . * And Gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents , eastward of Nabai and Jegebal ; and he smote the host , and the host was secure . * And Zebee and Salmana fled ; and he pursued after them , and took the two kings of Madiam , Zebee and Salmana , and discomfited all the army . * And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the (note :)Gr . array (:note ) battle , down from the battle of Ares . * And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth , and questioned him ; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders , seventy-seven men . * And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth , and said , Behold Zebee and Salmana , about whom ye reproached me , saying , Are the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand , that we should give bread to thy men that are faint ? * And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim , and with them he tore the men of the city . * And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel , and slew the men of the city . * And he said to Zebee and Salmana , Where are the men whom ye slew in Thabor ? and they said , As thou , so were they , according to the likeness of the son of a king . * And Gedeon said , They were my brethren and the sons of my mother : as the Lord lives , if ye had preserved them alive , I would not have slain you . * And he said to Jether his first-born , Rise and slay them ; but the lad drew not his sword , for he was afraid , for he was yet very young . * And Zebee and Salmana said , Rise thou and fall upon us , for thy power is as that of a man ; and Gedeon arose , and slew Zebee and Salmana : and he took the (note :)i . e ., round like the moon ; perhaps circular , or , in the form of a crescent (:note ) round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels . * And the men of Israel said to Gedeon , Rule , my lord , over us , both thou , and thy son , and thy son ’s son ; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Madiam . * And Gedeon said to them , I will not rule , and my son shall not rule among you ; the Lord shall rule over you . * And Gedeon said to them , I will make a request of you , and do ye give me every man an earring out of his spoils : for they had golden earrings , for they were Ismaelites . * And they said , (note :)Gr . giving we will give (:note ) We will certainly give them : and he opened his garment , and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils . * And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked , was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold , besides the crescents , and the chains , and the garments , and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam , and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels . * And Gedeon made an ephod of it , an set it in his city in Ephratha ; and all Israel went thither a whoring after it , and it became a stumbling-block to Gedeon and his house . * And Madiam , was straitened before the children of Israel , and they did not lift up their head any more ; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon . * And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house . * And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body , for he had many wives . * And his concubine was in Sychem , and she also bore him a son , and gave him the name Abimelech . * And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city , and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri . * And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead , that the children of Israel turned , and went a whoring after Baalim , and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god . * And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about . * And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal , (the same is Gedeon ) according to all the good which he did (note :)Gr . with (:note ) to Israel .

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