1
H376
And the men
H669
of Ephraim
H559
said
[H8799]
H4100
unto him, Why hast thou
H6213
served
[H8804]
H1697
us thus
H7121
, that thou calledst
[H8800]
H1980
us not, when thou wentest
[H8804]
H3898
to fight
[H8736]
H4080
with the Midianites
H7378
? And they did chide
[H8799]
H2394
with him sharply.
2
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H6213
unto them, What have I done
[H8804]
H5955
now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning
H669
of the grapes of Ephraim
H2896
better
H1210
than the vintage
H44
of Abiezer?
3
H430
God
H5414
hath delivered
[H8804]
H3027
into your hands
H8269
the princes
H4080
of Midian
H6159
, Oreb
H2062
and Zeeb
H3201
: and what was I able
[H8804]
H6213
to do
[H8800]
H7307
in comparison of you? Then their anger
H7503
was abated
[H8804]
H1697
toward him, when he had said
H1696
that
[H8763]
.
4
H1439
And Gideon
H935
came
[H8799]
H3383
to Jordan
H5674
, and passed over
[H8802]
H7969
, he, and the three
H3967
hundred
H376
men
H5889
that were with him, faint
H7291
, yet pursuing
[H8802]
them .
5
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H582
unto the men
H5523
of Succoth
H5414
, Give
[H8798]
H3603
, I pray you, loaves
H3899
of bread
H5971
unto the people
H7272
that follow
H5889
me; for they be faint
H7291
, and I am pursuing
[H8802]
H310
after
H2078
Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H4428
, kings
H4080
of Midian.
6
H8269
And the princes
H5523
of Succoth
H559
said
[H8799]
H3709
, Are the hands
H2078
of Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H3027
now in thine hand
H5414
, that we should give
[H8799]
H3899
bread
H6635
unto thine army?
7
H1439
And Gideon
H559
said
[H8799]
H3068
, Therefore when the LORD
H5414
hath delivered
[H8800]
H2078
Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H3027
into mine hand
H1758
, then I will tear
[H8804]
H1320
your flesh
H6975
with the thorns
H4057
of the wilderness
H1303
and with briers.
8
H5927
And he went up
[H8799]
H6439
thence to Penuel
H1696
, and spake
[H8762]
H2063
unto them likewise
H582
: and the men
H6439
of Penuel
H6030
answered
[H8799]
H582
him as the men
H5523
of Succoth
H6030
had answered
[H8804]
him .
9
H559
And he spake
[H8799]
H582
also unto the men
H6439
of Penuel
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H7725
, When I come again
[H8800]
H7965
in peace
H5422
, I will break down
[H8799]
H4026
this tower.
10
H2078
Now Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H7174
were in Karkor
H4264
, and their hosts
H2568
with them, about fifteen
H6240
H505
thousand
H3498
men, all that were left
[H8737]
H4264
of all the hosts
H1121
of the children
H6924
of the east
H5307
: for there fell
[H8802]
H3967
an hundred
H6242
and twenty
H505
thousand
H376
men
H8025
that drew
[H8802]
H2719
sword.
11
H1439
And Gideon
H5927
went up
[H8799]
H1870
by the way
H7931
of them that dwelt
[H8803]
H168
in tents
H6924
on the east
H5025
of Nobah
H3011
and Jogbehah
H5221
, and smote
[H8686]
H4264
the host
H4264
: for the host
H983
was secure.
12
H2078
And when Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H5127
fled
[H8799]
H7291
, he pursued
[H8799]
H310
after
H3920
them, and took
[H8799]
H8147
the two
H4428
kings
H4080
of Midian
H2078
, Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H2729
, and discomfited
[H8689]
H4264
all the host.
13
H1439
And Gideon
H1121
the son
H3101
of Joash
H7725
returned
[H8799]
H4421
from battle
H4608
before
H2775
the sun was up,
14
H3920
And caught
[H8799]
H5288
a young man
H582
of the men
H5523
of Succoth
H7592
, and enquired
[H8799]
H3789
of him: and he described
[H8799]
H8269
unto him the princes
H5523
of Succoth
H2205
, and the elders
H7657
thereof, even threescore and seventeen
H7651
H376
men.
15
H935
And he came
[H8799]
H582
unto the men
H5523
of Succoth
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H2078
, Behold Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H2778
, with whom ye did upbraid
[H8765]
H559
me, saying
[H8800]
H3709
, Are the hands
H2078
of Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H3027
now in thine hand
H5414
, that we should give
[H8799]
H3899
bread
H582
unto thy men
H3287
that are weary?
16
H3947
And he took
[H8799]
H2205
the elders
H5892
of the city
H6975
, and thorns
H4057
of the wilderness
H1303
and briers
H3045
, and with them he taught
[H8686]
H582
the men
H5523
of Succoth.
17
H5422
And he beat down
[H8804]
H4026
the tower
H6439
of Penuel
H2026
, and slew
[H8799]
H582
the men
H5892
of the city.
18
H559
Then said
[H8799]
H2078
he unto Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H375
, What
H582
manner of men
H2026
were they whom ye slew
[H8804]
H8396
at Tabor
H559
? And they answered
[H8799]
H3644
, As thou
H259
art, so were they; each one
H8389
resembled
H1121
the children
H4428
of a king.
19
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H251
, They were my brethren
H1121
, even the sons
H517
of my mother
H3068
: as the LORD
H2416
liveth
H3863
, if
H2421
ye had saved them alive
[H8689]
H2026
, I would not slay
[H8804]
you.
20
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H3500
unto Jether
H1060
his firstborn
H6965
, Up
[H8798]
H2026
, and slay
[H8798]
H5288
them. But the youth
H8025
drew
[H8804]
H2719
not his sword
H3372
: for he feared
[H8804]
H5288
, because he was yet a youth.
21
H2078
Then Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H559
said
[H8799]
H6965
, Rise
[H8798]
H6293
thou, and fall
[H8798]
H376
upon us: for as the man
H1369
is, so is his strength
H1439
. And Gideon
H6965
arose
[H8799]
H2026
, and slew
[H8799]
H2078
Zebah
H6759
and Zalmunna
H3947
, and took away
[H8799]
H7720
the ornaments
H1581
that were on their camels
H6677
' necks.
22
H376
Then the men
H3478
of Israel
H559
said
[H8799]
H1439
unto Gideon
H4910
, Rule
[H8798]
H1121
thou over us, both thou, and thy son
H1121
, and thy son's
H1121
son
H3467
also: for thou hast delivered
[H8689]
H3027
us from the hand
H4080
of Midian.
23
H1439
And Gideon
H559
said
[H8799]
H4910
unto them, I will not rule
[H8799]
H1121
over you, neither shall my son
H4910
rule
[H8799]
H3068
over you: the LORD
H4910
shall rule
[H8799]
over you.
24
H1439
And Gideon
H559
said
[H8799]
H7592
unto them, I would desire
[H8799]
H7596
a request
H5414
of you, that ye would give
[H8798]
H376
me every man
H5141
the earrings
H7998
of his prey
H2091
. (For they had golden
H5141
earrings
H3459
, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25
H559
And they answered
[H8799]
H5414
, We will willingly
[H8800]
H5414
give
[H8799]
H6566
them . And they spread
[H8799]
H8071
a garment
H7993
, and did cast
[H8686]
H376
therein every man
H5141
the earrings
H7998
of his prey.
26
H4948
And the weight
H2091
of the golden
H5141
earrings
H7592
that he requested
[H8804]
H505
was a thousand
H7651
and seven
H3967
hundred
H2091
shekels of gold
H7720
; beside ornaments
H5188
, and collars
H713
, and purple
H899
raiment
H4428
that was on the kings
H4080
of Midian
H6060
, and beside the chains
H1581
that were about their camels
H6677
' necks.
27
H1439
And Gideon
H6213
made
[H8799]
H646
an ephod
H3322
thereof, and put
[H8686]
H5892
it in his city
H6084
, even in Ophrah
H3478
: and all Israel
H2181
went thither a whoring
[H8799]
H310
after
H4170
it: which thing became a snare
H1439
unto Gideon
H1004
, and to his house.
28
H4080
Thus was Midian
H3665
subdued
[H8735]
H6440
before
H1121
the children
H3478
of Israel
H5375
, so that they lifted up
[H8800]
H7218
their heads
H3254
no more
[H8804]
H776
. And the country
H8252
was in quietness
[H8799]
H705
forty
H8141
years
H3117
in the days
H1439
of Gideon.
29
H3378
And Jerubbaal
H1121
the son
H3101
of Joash
H3212
went
[H8799]
H3427
and dwelt
[H8799]
H1004
in his own house.
30
H1439
And Gideon
H7657
had threescore and ten
H1121
sons
H3409
of his body
H3318
begotten
[H8802]
H7227
: for he had many
H802
wives.
31
H6370
And his concubine
H7927
that was in Shechem
H3205
, she also bare
[H8804]
H1121
him a son
H8034
, whose name
H7760
he called
[H8799]
H40
Abimelech.
32
H1439
And Gideon
H1121
the son
H3101
of Joash
H4191
died
[H8799]
H2896
in a good
H7872
old age
H6912
, and was buried
[H8735]
H6913
in the sepulchre
H3101
of Joash
H1
his father
H6084
, in Ophrah
H33
of the Abiezrites.
33
H1439
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon
H4191
was dead
[H8804]
H1121
, that the children
H3478
of Israel
H7725
turned again
[H8799]
H2181
, and went a whoring
[H8799]
H310
after
H1168
Baalim
H7760
, and made
[H8799]
H1170
Baalberith
H430
their god.