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Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?’ Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he said unto the men of Succoth: ‘Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the princes of Succoth said: ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thine army?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Gideon said: ‘Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke unto them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying: ‘When I come back in peace, I will break down this tower.’ <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: ‘Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna: ‘Where are the men whom ye slew at Tabor?’ And they answered: ‘As thou art, so were they; of one form with the children of a king.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he said: ‘They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he said unto Jether his first-born: ‘Up, and slay them.’ But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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 the crescents that were on their camels’ necks. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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 saved us out of the hand of Midian.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Gideon said unto them: ‘I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Gideon said unto them: ‘I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.’—For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they answered: ‘We will willingly give them.’ And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah; and all Israel went astray after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again went astray after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side; <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown unto Israel.</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/judges/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_a957f3"); var rcel = document.createElement("script"); rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; rcel.src = "https://trends.revcontent.com/serve.js.php?w=111176&t="+rcel.id+"&c="+(new Date()).getTime()+"&width="+(window.outerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)+"&referer="+encodeURIComponent(referer); rcel.async = true; rcds.appendChild(rcel); })(); </script> </td></tr></table> <br /><br /> <div class="bot2"> <table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2-bhub.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></body></html>