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Then
the men of Ephraim said to
Gideon
, “
Why have
you
done
this
to
us ?
Why
did
you
fail
to
call
us when you
went
to fight against
Midian
? ”
And they contended
with him violently
.
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
.
But
Gideon
answered
them, “Now
what have I accomplished
compared
to
you? Are
not the gleanings
of Ephraim better than the grape
harvest
of Abiezer?
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?
God has
delivered Oreb
and
Zeeb,
the two
princes of Midian, into
your
hand.
What was I able to do compared
to
you? ”
When he had said this,
their
anger
against
him
subsided
.
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
.
Then
Gideon
and his
three
hundred
men
came to the
Jordan and crossed
it
, exhausted
yet still
in
pursuit
.
And Gideon
came to Jordan ,
and passed
over
, he,
and
the
three
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
faint,
yet pursuing
them
.
So
Gideon
said to
the men of Succoth, “Please
give my
troops
some
bread
, for they are
exhausted
, and I am still
pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the
kings of Midian. ”
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.
But
the leaders
of Succoth asked
, “
Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already
in your
possession
, that we should give bread to
your
army? ”
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?
“Very
well,”
Gideon replied
, “
when the LORD has
delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my
hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and
briers
of the wilderness !”
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.
From
there
he went up to Penuel and asked
the
same
from
them ,
but
the men of Penuel gave
the
same
response
as the men of Succoth.
And
he went up thence
to Penuel ,
and spake
unto
them likewise:
and
the men of Penuel answered
him
as the men of Succoth had
answered
him
.
So
Gideon
told
the men of Penuel, “
When I return
in triumph
, I will tear
down this tower !”
And
he
spake
also
unto
the men of Penuel, saying,
When I come
again
in peace
, I will break
down this tower .
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with
their army
of
about fifteen thousand men —
all that were left of the armies
of the people
of the east .
A
hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen
had
already
fallen
.
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
.
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan
route
east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he
attacked
their
army,
taking
them
by
surprise
.
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
.
When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon
pursued and captured
these
two kings of Midian, routing
their
entire
army
.
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
.
After
this,
Gideon son of Joash returned from the
battle along
the Ascent
of
Heres.
And
Gideon the
son of Joash returned from battle before
the sun
was
up,
There
he
captured
a young man of Succoth and interrogated
him .
The
young
man
wrote
down
for
him the names
of the
seventy-seven
leaders
and elders of
Succoth
.
And
caught
a young man of the
men
of
Succoth ,
and inquired
of
him :
and
he
described
unto
him the princes
of Succoth,
and the
elders thereof,
even
threescore
and
seventeen
men
.
And Gideon
went
to
the men of Succoth and said, “Here
are
Zebah and Zalmunna, about
whom you
taunted
me, saying, ‘
Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already
in your
possession
, that we should give bread to
your
weary
men? ’”
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
?
Then
he took the elders of the city, and using
the
thorns and
briers
of the wilderness, he disciplined
the men of Succoth.
And
he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and
briers
, and
with
them
he taught
the men of Succoth.
He also
pulled
down the tower of Penuel and killed
the men of the city.
And
he beat
down the tower of Penuel ,
and slew
the men of the city.
Next,
Gideon
asked
Zebah and Zalmunna, “
What kind
of men did
you
kill
at Tabor? ”
“Men
like
you,”
they answered, “
each one resembling
the son
of a king. ”
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.
“
They were my brothers,”
Gideon
replied
, “
the sons of my mother !
As
surely
as the LORD lives
, if you
had let
them live
, I would not kill
you. ”
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.
So
he said to
Jether ,
his firstborn, “Get
up and kill
them. ”
But the young
man
did
not draw
his sword ;
he was
fearful
because he was still
a youth.
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.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get
up
and kill
us yourself,
for as the man is, so is his strength. ”
So
Gideon got
up
and killed
Zebah and Zalmunna, and he
took the crescent
ornaments from
the
necks
of
their camels.
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
.
Then the Israelites
said to
Gideon, “
Rule over us —you
and your
son and grandson—
for you
have
saved
us from the hand of Midian. ”
Then the men
of
Israel
said unto
Gideon, Rule thou
over us ,
both
thou,
and thy
son ,
and thy
son's
son
also:
for thou
hast
delivered
us from the hand of Midian.
But
Gideon replied
, “
I will not rule over you, nor
will
my son .
The LORD shall rule over you. ”
And
Gideon said
unto
them
, I will not rule over you, neither
shall
my son rule
over
you:
the LORD shall rule over you.
Then
he
added
, “Let
me
make
a request of you, that each
of
you
give me an
earring
from
his plunder
. ”
(For the
enemies
had gold
earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
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.)
“
We will give them gladly,”
they
replied
. So
they spread out
a garment, and each
man threw
an
earring
from
his plunder
onto
it
.
And
they
answered,
We will willingly
give them. And
they spread a garment, and did
cast
therein
every
man the
earrings
of
his prey
.
The weight of the gold
earrings he had
requested was 1,700
shekels ,
in
addition
to
the
crescent
ornaments, the
pendants
, the
purple garments
of
the kings of Midian, and the chains from
the
necks
of
their camels.
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
.
From
all
this
Gideon made an ephod, which
he
placed
in Ophrah,
his hometown.
But
soon
all
Israel
prostituted
themselves
by
worshiping
it
there
, and it became a snare to
Gideon and his household
.
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
.
In
this
way
Midian
was subdued before the Israelites
and
did
not
raise
its
head
again.
So the land
had
rest
for
forty years in the days of Gideon ,
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 .
and he—
Jerubbaal son of Joash —returned
home
and settled
down
.
And Jerubbaal the
son of Joash went
and dwelt
in
his
own
house
.
Gideon had seventy
sons of his own,
since
he had many wives.
And
Gideon had threescore
and
ten
sons of his body
begotten:
for
he had many wives.
His concubine ,
who
dwelt
in Shechem, also bore
him a son, and
he named
him
Abimelech.
And
his concubine that
was
in Shechem, she
also bare
him a son, whose
name
he called
Abimelech.
Later,
Gideon son of Joash died at
a ripe
old age and was buried in the tomb
of his father Joash
in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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.
And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites
turned and prostituted
themselves
with
the
Baals
, and they
set
up
Baal-berith
as
their god.
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
their god.
The Israelites
failed
to
remember
the LORD their God who had delivered them from
the hands of all their enemies on every side .
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 :
They did
not
show
kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that
is
, Gideon )
for
all the good
things
he had done
for
Israel.
Neither
showed
they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely,
Gideon ,
according
to
all the goodness
which
he had showed
unto
Israel.
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