Judges:8:1-21

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bbe @Judges:8:1 @And the men of Ephraim came and said to him , Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian ? And they said sharp and angry words to him . bbe @Judges:8:2 @And he said to them , What have I done in comparison with you ? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting ? bbe @Judges:8:3 @God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian , Oreb and Zeeb ; what have I been able to do in comparison with you ? And when he said this , their feeling about him became kinder . bbe @Judges:8:4 @Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred , overcome with weariness and in need of food . bbe @Judges:8:5 @And he said to the men of Succoth , Give bread cakes to my people , for they are overcome with weariness , and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna , the kings of Midian . bbe @Judges:8:6 @But the chiefs of Succoth said , Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army ? bbe @Judges:8:7 @Then Gideon said , Because of this , when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands , I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems , and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor . bbe @Judges:8:8 @So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel ; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given . bbe @Judges:8:9 @So he said to the men of Penuel , When I come back in peace , I will have this tower broken down . bbe @Judges:8:10 @Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them , about fifteen thousand men , those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living ; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death . bbe @Judges:8:11 @And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah , and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger . bbe @Judges:8:12 @And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight ; and he went after them , and took the two kings of Midian , Zebah and Zalmunna , and put all the army to the curse . bbe @Judges:8:13 @Then Gideon , the son of Joash , went back from the fight : bbe @Judges:8:14 @And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth , he got from him , in answer to his questions , a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men , seventy-seven men . bbe @Judges:8:15 @So he came to the men of Succoth and said , Here are Zebah and Zalmunna , on account of whom you made sport of me , saying , Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand , that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness ? bbe @Judges:8:16 @Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems . bbe @Judges:8:17 @And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death . bbe @Judges:8:18 @Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna , Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor ? And they gave answer , As you are , so were they ; every one of them was like a king 's son bbe @Judges:8:19 @And he said , They were my brothers , my mother 's sons : by the life of the Lord , if you had kept them safe , I would not put you to death . bbe @Judges:8:20 @Then he said to Jether , his oldest son , Up ! Put them to death . But the boy did not take out his sword , fearing because he was still a boy . bbe @Judges:8:21 @Then Zebah and Zalmunna said , Up ! Put an end to us yourself : for you have a man 's strength . Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels ' necks .

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