07_JUD_08_01 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 .
07_JUD_08_02 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 ?
07_JUD_08_03 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 .
07_JUD_08_04 And Gideon came to Jordan , [ And ] passed over , he , And the three hundred men that [ were ] with him , faint , yet pursuing [ them ] .
07_JUD_08_05 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 .
07_JUD_08_06 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 ?
07_JUD_08_07 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 .
07_JUD_08_08 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 ] .
07_JUD_08_09 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel , saying , when I come again in peace , I will break down this tower .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun [ was up ] ,
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 ?
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel , And slew the men of the city .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 . ]
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_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 .
07_JUD_08_29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went And dwelt in his own house .
07_JUD_08_30 And Gideon had threescore And ten sons of his body begotten : for he had Many wives .
07_JUD_08_31 And his concubine that [ was ] in Shechem , she also bare him A son , whose name he called Abimelech .
07_JUD_08_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 Abiezrites .
07_JUD_08_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 Baalberith their God .
07_JUD_08_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 :
07_JUD_08_35 neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal , [ namely ] , Gideon , according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel .