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Chapter 8
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.
2
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?
3
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.
4
And
Gideon
came
to
Jordan,
and
passed
over,
he,
and
the
three
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
faint,
yet
pursuing
them.
5
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.
6
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?
7
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.
8
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.
9
And
he
spake
also
unto
the
men
of
Penuel,
saying,
When
I
come
again
in
peace,
I
will
break
down
this
tower.
10
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.
11
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.
12
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.
13
And
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
returned
from
battle
before
the
sun
was
up,
14
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.
15
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?
16
And
he
took
the
elders
of
the
city,
and
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and
briers,
and
with
them
he
taught
the
men
of
Succoth.
17
And
he
beat
down
the
tower
of
Penuel,
and
slew
the
men
of
the
city.
18
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.
19
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.
20
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.
21
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.
22
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.
23
And
Gideon
said
unto
them,
I
will
not
rule
over
you,
neither
shall
my
son
rule
over
you:
the
Lord
shall
rule
over
you.
24
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.)
25
And
they
answered,
We
will
willingly
give
them.
And
they
spread
a
garment,
and
did
cast
therein
every
man
the
earrings
of
his
prey.
26
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.
27
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.
28
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.
29
And
Jerubbaal
the
son
of
Joash
went
and
dwelt
in
his
own
house.
30
And
Gideon
had
threescore
and
ten
sons
of
his
body
begotten:
for
he
had
many
wives.
31
And
his
concubine
that
was
in
Shechem,
she
also
bare
him
a
son,
whose
name
he
called
Abimelech.
32
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
Abi-ezrites.
33
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
Baal-berith
their
god.
34
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:
35
Neither
shewed
they
kindness
to
the
house
of
Jerubbaal,
namely,
Gideon,
according
to
all
the
goodness
which
he
had
shewed
unto
Israel.
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