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1
Then the men
of Ephraim
said
to him, "What
is this
thing
you have done
to us, not calling
us when
you went
to fight
against Midian?"
And they contended
with him vigorously.
2
But he said
to them, "What
have I done
now
in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning
of the grapes of Ephraim
better
than
the vintage
of Abiezer?
3
"God
has given
the leaders
of Midian,
Oreb
and Zeeb
into your hands;
and what
was I able
to do
in comparison with you?" Then
their anger
toward
him subsided
when he said
that.
4
Then Gideon
and the 300
men
who
were with him came
to the Jordan
and crossed over,
weary
yet pursuing.
5
He said
to the men
of Succoth,
"Please
give
loaves
of bread
to the people
who
are following
me, for they are weary,
and I am pursuing
Zebah
and Zalmunna,
the kings
of Midian."
6
The leaders
of Succoth
said,
"Are the hands
of Zebah
and Zalmunna
already
in your hands,
that we should give
bread
to your army?"
7
Gideon
said,
"All right,
when the LORD
has given
Zebah
and Zalmunna
into my hand,
then I will thrash
your bodies
with the thorns
of the wilderness
and with briers."
8
He went
up from there
to Penuel
and spoke
similarly
to them; and the men
of Penuel
answered
him just
as the men
of Succoth
had
answered
.
9
So he spoke
also
to the men
of Penuel,
saying,
"When I return
safely,
I will tear down
this
tower."
10
Now Zebah
and Zalmunna
were in Karkor,
and their armies
with them, about 15,000
men, all
who were left
of the entire
army
of the sons
of the east;
for the fallen
were 120,000
swordsmen.
11
Gideon
went
up by the way
of those who lived
in tents
on the east
of Nobah
and Jogbehah,
and attacked
the camp
when
the camp
was unsuspecting.
12
When
Zebah
and Zalmunna
fled,
he pursued
them and captured
the two
kings
of Midian,
Zebah
and Zalmunna
,
and routed
the whole
army.
13
Then Gideon
the son
of Joash
returned
from the battle
by the ascent
of Heres.
14
And he captured
a youth
from Succoth
and questioned
him. Then the youth wrote down
for him the princes
of Succoth
and its elders,
seventy-seven
men.
15
He came
to the men
of Succoth
and said,
"Behold
Zebah
and Zalmunna
,
concerning whom
you taunted
me, saying,
'
Are the hands
of
Zebah
and Zalmunna
already
in your hand,
that we should give
bread
to your men
who are weary?'"
16
He took
the elders
of the city,
and thorns
of the wilderness
and briers,
and he disciplined
the men
of Succoth
with them.
17
He tore down
the tower
of Penuel
and killed
the men
of the city.
18
Then he said
to Zebah
and Zalmunna,
"What kind
of men
were they whom
you killed
at Tabor?"
And they said,
"They were like
you, each one
resembling
the son
of a king."
19
He said,
"They were my brothers,
the sons
of my mother.
As the LORD
lives,
if only
you had let them live,
I would not kill
you."
20
So he said
to Jether
his firstborn,
"Rise,
kill
them." But the youth
did not draw
his sword,
for he was afraid,
because
he was still
a youth.
21
Then
Zebah
and Zalmunna
said,
"Rise
up yourself,
and fall
on us; for as the man,
so is his strength."
So Gideon
arose
and killed
Zebah
and Zalmunna
,
and took
the crescent ornaments
which
were on their camels'
necks.
22
Then the men
of Israel
said
to Gideon,
"Rule
over us, both
you and your
son,
also
your son's
son,
for you have delivered
us from the hand
of Midian."
23
But Gideon
said
to them, "I will not
rule
over you, nor
shall my son
rule
over you; the LORD
shall
rule
over you."
24
Yet Gideon
said
to them, "I would request
of you, that each
of you give
me an earring
from his spoil."
(For they had gold
earrings,
because
they were Ishmaelites.)
25
They said,
"We will surely
give
them." So they spread
out a garment,
and every one
of them threw
an earring
there
from his spoil.
26
The weight
of the gold
earrings
that he requested
was 1,700
shekels of gold,
besides
the crescent ornaments
and the pendants
and the purple
robes
which
were on the kings
of Midian,
and
besides
the neck bands
that were on their camels'
necks.
27
Gideon
made
it into an ephod,
and placed
it in his city,
Ophrah,
and all
Israel
played the harlot
with it there,
so that it became
a snare
to
Gideon
and his household.
28
So Midian
was subdued
before
the sons
of Israel,
and they did not lift
up their heads
anymore.
And the land
was undisturbed
for forty
years
in the days
of Gideon.
29
Then Jerubbaal
the son
of Joash
went
and lived
in his own house.
30
Now Gideon
had
seventy
sons
who were his direct
descendants,
for he
had
many
wives.
31
His concubine
who
was in Shechem
also
bore
him a son,
and he named
him Abimelech.
32
And Gideon
the son
of Joash
died
at a ripe
old age
and was buried
in the tomb
of his father
Joash,
in Ophrah
of the Abiezrites.
33
Then it came
about, as soon
as Gideon
was dead,
that the sons
of Israel
again
played the harlot
with the Baals,
and made
Baal-berith
their god.
34
Thus the sons
of Israel
did not remember
the LORD
their God,
who had delivered
them from the hands
of all
their enemies
on every side;
35
nor
did they show
kindness
to the household
of Jerubbaal
(that is, Gideon)
in accord with all
the good
that he had done
to Israel.
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