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1 # And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why hast thou <04100> served <06213> (8804) us thus <01697>, that thou calledst <07121> (8800) us not, when thou wentest <01980> (8804) to fight <03898> (8736) with the Midianites <04080>? And they did chide <07378> (8799) with him sharply <02394>.
2 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, What have I done <06213> (8804) now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning <05955> of the grapes of Ephraim <0669> better <02896> than the vintage <01210> of Abiezer <044>?
3 God <0430> hath delivered <05414> (8804) into your hands <03027> the princes <08269> of Midian <04080> , Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062>: and what was I able <03201> (8804) to do <06213> (8800) in comparison of you? Then their anger <07307> was abated <07503> (8804) toward him, when he had said <01697> that <01696> (8763).
4 # And Gideon <01439> came <0935> (8799) to Jordan <03383>, and passed over <05674> (8802), he, and the three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> that were with him, faint <05889>, yet pursuing <07291> (8802) them.
5 And he said <0559> (8799) unto the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>, Give <05414> (8798), I pray you, loaves <03603> of bread <03899> unto the people <05971> that follow <07272> me; for they be faint <05889>, and I am pursuing <07291> (8802) after <0310> Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, kings <04428> of Midian <04080>.
6 And the princes <08269> of Succoth <05523> said <0559> (8799), Are the hands <03709> of Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> now in thine hand <03027>, that we should give <05414> (8799) bread <03899> unto thine army <06635> ?
7 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799), Therefore when the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8800) Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> into mine hand <03027>, then I will tear <01758> (8804) your flesh <01320> with the thorns <06975> of the wilderness <04057> and with briers <01303>.
8 And he went up <05927> (8799) thence to Penuel <06439>, and spake <01696> (8762) unto them likewise <02063> : and the men <0582> of Penuel <06439> answered <06030> (8799) him as the men <0582> of Succoth <05523> had answered <06030> (8804) him.
9 And he spake <0559> (8799) also unto the men <0582> of Penuel <06439>, saying <0559> (8800), When I come again <07725> (8800) in peace <07965>, I will break down <05422> (8799) this tower <04026>.
10 Now Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> were in Karkor <07174>, and their hosts <04264> with them, about fifteen <02568> <06240> thousand <0505> men, all that were left <03498> (8737) of all the hosts <04264> of the children <01121> of the east <06924>: for there fell <05307> (8802) an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <08025> (8802) sword <02719>.
11 And Gideon <01439> went up <05927> (8799) by the way <01870> of them that dwelt <07931> (8803) in tents <0168> on the east <06924> of Nobah <05025> and Jogbehah <03011>, and smote <05221> (8686) the host <04264> : for the host <04264> was secure <0983>.
12 And when Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> fled <05127> (8799), he pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> them, and took <03920> (8799) the two <08147> kings <04428> of Midian <04080>, Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, and discomfited <02729> (8689) all the host <04264>.
13 And Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> returned <07725> (8799) from battle <04421> before <04608> the sun <02775> was up,
14 And caught <03920> (8799) a young man <05288> of the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>, and enquired <07592> (8799) of him: and he described <03789> (8799) unto him the princes <08269> of Succoth <05523>, and the elders <02205> thereof, even threescore and seventeen <07657> <07651> men <0376>.
15 And he came <0935> (8799) unto the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, with whom ye did upbraid <02778> (8765) me, saying <0559> (8800), Are the hands <03709> of Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> now in thine hand <03027>, that we should give <05414> (8799) bread <03899> unto thy men <0582> that are weary <03287>?
16 And he took <03947> (8799) the elders <02205> of the city <05892>, and thorns <06975> of the wilderness <04057> and briers <01303>, and with them he taught <03045> (8686) the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>.
17 And he beat down <05422> (8804) the tower <04026> of Penuel <06439>, and slew <02026> (8799) the men <0582> of the city <05892>.
18 # Then said <0559> (8799) he unto Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, What <0375> manner of men <0582> were they whom ye slew <02026> (8804) at Tabor <08396>? And they answered <0559> (8799), As thou <03644> art , so were they; each one <0259> resembled <08389> the children <01121> of a king <04428>.
19 And he said <0559> (8799), They were my brethren <0251>, even the sons <01121> of my mother <0517> : as the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, if <03863> ye had saved them alive <02421> (8689), I would not slay <02026> (8804) you.
20 And he said <0559> (8799) unto Jether <03500> his firstborn <01060>, Up <06965> (8798), and slay <02026> (8798) them. But the youth <05288> drew <08025> (8804) not his sword <02719>: for he feared <03372> (8804), because he was yet a youth <05288>.
21 Then Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> said <0559> (8799), Rise <06965> (8798) thou, and fall <06293> (8798) upon us: for as the man <0376> is, so is his strength <01369>. And Gideon <01439> arose <06965> (8799) , and slew <02026> (8799) Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, and took away <03947> (8799) the ornaments <07720> that were on their camels <01581>' necks <06677>.
22 # Then the men <0376> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, Rule <04910> (8798) thou over us, both thou, and thy son <01121>, and thy son's <01121> son <01121> also: for thou hast delivered <03467> (8689) us from the hand <03027> of Midian <04080>.
23 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto them, I will not rule <04910> (8799) over you, neither shall my son <01121> rule <04910> (8799) over you: the LORD <03068> shall rule <04910> (8799) over you.
24 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto them, I would desire <07592> (8799) a request <07596> of you, that ye would give <05414> (8798) me every man <0376> the earrings <05141> of his prey <07998>. (For they had golden <02091> earrings <05141>, because they were Ishmaelites <03459>.)
It seems Ishmaelites wore earrings. This was not normal
25 And they answered <0559> (8799), We will willingly <05414> (8800) give <05414> (8799) them . And they spread <06566> (8799) a garment <08071>, and did cast <07993> (8686) therein every man <0376> the earrings <05141> of his prey <07998>.
26 And the weight <04948> of the golden <02091> earrings <05141> that he requested <07592> (8804) was a thousand <0505> and seven <07651> hundred <03967> shekels of gold <02091>; beside ornaments <07720>, and collars <05188>, and purple <0713> raiment <0899> that was on the kings <04428> of Midian <04080>, and beside the chains <06060> that were about their camels <01581>' necks <06677>.
27 And Gideon <01439> made <06213> (8799) an ephod <0646> thereof, and put <03322> (8686) it in his city <05892>, even in Ophrah <06084>: and all Israel <03478> went thither a whoring <02181> (8799) after <0310> it: which thing became a snare <04170> unto Gideon <01439>, and to his house <01004>.
28 Thus was Midian <04080> subdued <03665> (8735) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> , so that they lifted up <05375> (8800) their heads <07218> no more <03254> (8804). And the country <0776> was in quietness <08252> (8799) forty <0705> years <08141> in the days <03117> of Gideon <01439>.
29 # And Jerubbaal <03378> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> went <03212> (8799) and dwelt <03427> (8799) in his own house <01004>.
30 And Gideon <01439> had threescore and ten <07657> sons <01121> of his body <03409> begotten <03318> (8802) : for he had many <07227> wives <0802>.
31 And his concubine <06370> that was in Shechem <07927>, she also bare <03205> (8804) him a son <01121> , whose name <08034> he called <07760> (8799) Abimelech <040>.
32 And Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> died <04191> (8799) in a good <02896> old age <07872>, and was buried <06912> (8735) in the sepulchre <06913> of Joash <03101> his father <01>, in Ophrah <06084> of the Abiezrites <033>.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon <01439> was dead <04191> (8804), that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> turned again <07725> (8799), and went a whoring <02181> (8799) after <0310> Baalim <01168>, and made <07760> (8799) Baalberith <01170> their god <0430>.
34 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> remembered <02142> (8804) not the LORD <03068> their God <0430> , who had delivered <05337> (8688) them out of the hands <03027> of all their enemies <0341> (8802) on every side <05439> :
35 Neither shewed <06213> (8804) they kindness <02617> to the house <01004> of Jerubbaal <03378>, namely , Gideon <01439>, according to all the goodness <02896> which he had shewed <06213> (8804) unto Israel <03478>.