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Is not the gleaning (leftovers) <i>of the grapes</i> of [your tribe of] Ephraim better than the vintage (entire harvest) of [my clan of] Abiezer? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>God has given the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb into your hands; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger toward him subsided when he made this statement. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over [the river], he and the three hundred men who were with him--exhausted, yet [still] pursuing [the enemy]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me since they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the leaders of Succoth said, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Gideon said, “For that [response], when the LORD has handed over Zebah and Zalmunna to me, I will thrash your bodies with the thorns and briars of the wilderness.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He went from there up to Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Gideon said also to the men of Penuel, “When I come again in peace, I will tear down this tower.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies, about fifteen thousand [fighting] men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; for a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Gideon went up by the route of those who lived in tents to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their camp when the camp was unsuspecting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and terrified the entire army. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He captured a young man of Succoth and questioned him. And <i>the youth</i> wrote down for him [the names of] the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He came to the men of Succoth and said, “Look here, Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are exhausted?’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>punished the men of Succoth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” And they replied, “They were like you, each one of them resembled the son of a king.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if only you had let them live, I would not kill you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So [to humiliate them] Gideon said to Jether his firstborn, “Stand up, and kill them!” But the youth did not draw his sword, because he was afraid, for he was still [just] a boy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself and strike us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent amulets that were on their camels’ necks. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule [as king] over us, both you and your son, also your son’s son, for you have rescued us from the hand of Midian.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not 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 to them, “I would make a request of you, that each one of you give me an earring from his spoil.” For the Midianites had gold earrings, because they were <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Ishmaelites [who customarily wore them]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They answered, “We will certainly give them <i>to you</i>.” And they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>seventeen hundred <i>shekels</i> of gold, apart from the crescent amulets and pendants and the purple garments which were worn by the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains that were on their camels’ necks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Gideon made [all the golden earrings into] an ephod [a sacred, high priest’s garment], and put it in his city of Ophrah, and all Israel <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>worshiped it as an idol there, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>it became a trap for Gideon and his household. <p class="hdg">Forty Years of Peace</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So Midian was subdued <i>and</i> humbled before the sons of Israel, and they no longer lifted up their heads [in pride]. And the land was at rest for forty years in the days of Gideon. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Jerubbaal (Gideon) the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Now Gideon had seventy sons born to him, because he had many wives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Gideon the son of Joash died at a good advanced age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the Israelites again played the prostitute with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And the Israelites did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side; <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>nor did they show kindness to the family of Jerubbaal (<i>that is,</i> Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done for Israel.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>taught them</i> humility. The Hebrew is uncertain.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> A general term for the descendants of Keturah, the woman Abraham married after Sarah’s death (Gen 25:1); synonymous with Midianite.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> I.e. about 40 lbs. of gold.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>played the prostitute with</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> The reason Gideon chose to make the golden ephod is unclear, but the fact that he did so, and that it became an object of worship for Israel, casts a shadow over his otherwise remarkable accomplishments.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> Perhaps originally one of Gideon’s slaves, this woman became a type of secondary wife who lived at home with her family and was visited on occasion by her husband.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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 align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>