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JUD-8:1 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.
JUD-8:2 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?
JUD-8:3 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.
JUD-8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and
the three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing
[them].
JUD-8:5 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.
JUD-8:6 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?
JUD-8:7 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.
JUD-8:8 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].
JUD-8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I
come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
JUD-8:10 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.
JUD-8:11 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.
JUD-8:12 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.
JUD-8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before
the sun [was up],
JUD-8:14 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.
JUD-8:15 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?
JUD-8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the
wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of
Succoth.
JUD-8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men
of the city.
JUD-8:18 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.
JUD-8:19 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.
JUD-8:20 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.
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