8:1 Then
the
men
of
Ephraim
said
to
him,
"What
is
this
that
you
have
done
to
us,
not
to
call
us
when
you
went
to
fight
against
Midian"
And
they
accused
him
fiercely.
8:2 And
he
said
to
them,
"What
have
I
done
now
in
comparison
with
you
Is
not
the
gleaning
of
the
grapes
of
Ephraim
better
than
the
grape
harvest
of
Abiezer
8:3 God
has
given
into
your
hands
the
princes
of
Midian,
Oreb
and
Zeeb.
What
have
I
been
able
to
do
in
comparison
with
you"
Then
their
anger
against
him
subsided
when
he
said
this.
8:4 And
Gideon
came
to
the
Jordan
and
crossed
over,
he
and
the
300
men
who
were
with
him,
exhausted
yet
pursuing.
8:5 So
he
said
to
the
men
of
Succoth,
"Please
give
loaves
of
bread
to
the
people
who
follow
me,
for
they
are
exhausted,
and
I
am
pursuing
after
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
the
kings
of
Midian."
8:6 And
the
officials
of
Succoth
said,
"Are
the
hands
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
already
in
your
hand,
that
we
should
give
bread
to
your
army"
8:7 So
Gideon
said,
"Well
then,
when
the
LORD
has
given
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
into
my
hand,
I
will
flail
your
flesh
with
the
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and
with
briers."
8:8 And
from
there
he
went
up
to
Penuel,
and
spoke
to
them
in
the
same
way,
and
the
men
of
Penuel
answered
him
as
the
men
of
Succoth
had
answered.
8:9 And
he
said
to
the
men
of
Penuel,
"When
I
come
again
in
peace,
I
will
break
down
this
tower."
8:10 Now
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
were
in
Karkor
with
their
army,
about
15,000
men,
all
who
were
left
of
all
the
army
of
the
people
of
the
East,
for
there
had
fallen
120,000
men
who
drew
the
sword.
8:11 And
Gideon
went
up
by
the
way
of
the
tent
dwellers
east
of
Nobah
and
Jogbehah
and
attacked
the
army,
for
the
army
felt
secure.
8:12 And
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
fled,
and
he
pursued
them
and
captured
the
two
kings
of
Midian,
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
and
he
threw
all
the
army
into
a
panic.
8:13 Then
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
returned
from
the
battle
by
the
ascent
of
Heres.
8:14 And
he
captured
a
young
man
of
Succoth
and
questioned
him.
And
he
wrote
down
for
him
the
officials
and
elders
of
Succoth,
seventy-seven
men.
8:15 And
he
came
to
the
men
of
Succoth
and
said,
"Behold
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
about
whom
you
taunted
me,
saying,
'Are
the
hands
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
already
in
your
hand,
that
we
should
give
bread
to
your
men
who
are
exhausted'"
8:16 And
he
took
the
elders
of
the
city,
and
he
took
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and
briers
and
with
them
taught
the
men
of
Succoth
a
lesson.
8:17 And
he
broke
down
the
tower
of
Penuel
and
killed
the
men
of
the
city.
8:18 Then
he
said
to
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
"Where
are
the
men
whom
you
killed
at
Tabor"
They
answered,
"As
you
are,
so
were
they.
Every
one
of
them
resembled
the
son
of
a
king."
8:19 And
he
said,
"They
were
my
brothers,
the
sons
of
my
mother.
As
the
LORD
lives,
if
you
had
saved
them
alive,
I
would
not
kill
you."
8:20 So
he
said
to
Jether
his
firstborn,
"Rise
and
kill
them!"
But
the
young
man
did
not
draw
his
sword,
for
he
was
afraid,
because
he
was
still
a
young
man.
8:21 Then
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
said,
"Rise
yourself
and
fall
upon
us,
for
as
the
man
is,
so
is
his
strength."
And
Gideon
arose
and
killed
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
and
he
took
the
crescent
ornaments
that
were
on
the
necks
of
their
camels.
8:22 Then
the
men
of
Israel
said
to
Gideon,
"Rule
over
us,
you
and
your
son
and
your
grandson
also,
for
you
have
saved
us
from
the
hand
of
Midian."
8:23 Gideon
said
to
them,
"I
will
not
rule
over
you,
and
my
son
will
not
rule
over
you;
the
LORD
will
rule
over
you."
8:24 And
Gideon
said
to
them,
"Let
me
make
a
request
of
you:
every
one
of
you
give
me
the
earrings
from
his
spoil."
(For
they
had
golden
earrings,
because
they
were
Ishmaelites.)
8:25 And
they
answered,
"We
will
willingly
give
them."
And
they
spread
a
cloak,
and
every
man
threw
in
it
the
earrings
of
his
spoil.
8:26 And
the
weight
of
the
golden
earrings
that
he
requested
was
1,700
shekels
of
gold,
besides
the
crescent
ornaments
and
the
pendants
and
the
purple
garments
worn
by
the
kings
of
Midian,
and
besides
the
collars
that
were
around
the
necks
of
their
camels.
8:27 And
Gideon
made
an
ephod
of
it
and
put
it
in
his
city,
in
Ophrah.
And
all
Israel
whored
after
it
there,
and
it
became
a
snare
to
Gideon
and
to
his
family.
8:28 So
Midian
was
subdued
before
the
people
of
Israel,
and
they
raised
their
heads
no
more.
And
the
land
had
rest
forty
years
in
the
days
of
Gideon.
8:29 Jerubbaal
the
son
of
Joash
went
and
lived
in
his
own
house.
8:30 Now
Gideon
had
seventy
sons,
his
own
offspring,
for
he
had
many
wives.
8:31 And
his
concubine
who
was
in
Shechem
also
bore
him
a
son,
and
he
called
his
name
Abimelech.
8:32 And
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
died
in
a
good
old
age
and
was
buried
in
the
tomb
of
Joash
his
father,
at
Ophrah
of
the
Abiezrites.
8:33 As
soon
as
Gideon
died,
the
people
of
Israel
turned
again
and
whored
after
the
Baals
and
made
Baal-berith
their
god.
8:34 And
the
people
of
Israel
did
not
remember
the
LORD
their
God,
who
had
delivered
them
from
the
hand
of
all
their
enemies
on
every
side,
8:35 and
they
did
not
show
steadfast
love
to
the
family
of
Jerubbaal
(that
is,
Gideon)
in
return
for
all
the
good
that
he
had
done
to
Israel.