Judg 8 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 3 said 4 to 5 him 1 a man 2 of Ephraim], What is this thing you do to us, to not call us when you went to deploy against Midian? And they quarreled with him forcefully.

Judges 8

CHAPTER 8 Conflict with Ephraim

1 And [³said ⁴to ⁵him ¹a man ²of Ephraim], What is this thing you do to us, to not call us when you went to deploy against Midian? And they quarreled with him forcefully. 2 And he said to them, What did I do now as concerning you? Is not [³better ¹the gleaning ²of Ephraim] than the gathering the crops of Abiezer? 3 In your hand [²delivered up ¹the lord] the rulers of Midian -- Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do as you? Then [²was spared ¹their spirit] towards them in his speaking with them this word.

Succoth and Penuel Refuse to Help

4 And Gideon came upon the Jordan, and he passed over and the three hundred men, the ones with him, faint-hearted and hungering. 5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give indeed bread loaves for the nourishment to this people with me! for they hunger, for I pursue after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 And [⁴said ¹the ²rulers ³of Succoth], [⁵is not ¹The hand ²of Zebah ³and ⁴Zalmunna] now in your hand, that we should give [²to ³your military ¹bread loaves]. 7 And Gideon said, Thus in the giving by the lord Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, that I will rend in shreds your flesh with the thorn-bushes of the wilderness, and with the Barkenim. 8 And he ascended from there to Penuel, and spoke to them according to these things. And [⁴answered ⁵to him ¹the ²men ³of Penuel] in which manner [⁴answered ⁵to him ¹the ²men ³of Succoth]. 9 And Gideon said to the men of Penuel, saying, In my returning with peace, I will raze this tower. 10 And Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camp with them, about fifteen thousand, all the ones being left in all the camp of the sons of the east. And the ones falling were a hundred and twenty thousand men unsheathing the broadsword. 11 And Gideon ascended the way of the ones dwelling in tents from the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he struck the camp. And the camp was secure. 12 And Zebah fled, and Zalmunna. And he pursued after them, and he took hold of the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and all their camp was startled. 13 And [⁴returned ¹Gideon ²the son ³of Joash] from the battle from the ascent of Ares. 14 And he seized a servant from the men of Succoth, and he questioned him; and he registered for him the rulers of Succoth, and their elders -- seventy and seven men. 15 And he came to the rulers of Succoth. And he said to them, Behold, Zebah and Zalmunna, by whom you berated me, saying, Not is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we will give [²to ³your men ⁴fainting ¹bread loaves]. 16 And he took the rulers and the elders of the city into the thorn-bushes of the wilderness, and the Barkenim, and he rent with them the men of Succoth. 17 And the tower of Penuel he razed, and he killed the men of the city. 18 And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner are the men whom you killed in Tabor? And they said, As you, so they are likened to you -- likened to them as the appearance of sons of kings. 19 And Gideon said, [³of my brothers ²sons ⁴of my mother ¹They are]. As the lord lives, if you brought them forth alive, I would not have killed you. 20 And he said to Jether his first-born, In rising up, you kill them! And [³did not ⁴unsheathe ¹the ²boy] his sword, for he feared, for he was younger. 21 And [⁴said ¹Zebah ²and ³Zalmunna], You rise up indeed yourself and meet us! for as a man is, so also his power. And Gideon rose up, and did away with Zebah and Zalmunna. And he took the crescents on the necks of their camels. 22 And [³said ¹a man ²of Israel] to Gideon, Rule among us, you and your son, and the son of your son! for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And [²said ³to ⁴them ¹Gideon], [²will not rule ¹I] you, and [²will not rule ¹my son] among you -- the lord shall rule you. 24 And [²said ³to ⁴them ¹Gideon], I will ask from you a request, and you give to me -- every man an ear-ring of his spoils; for ear-rings of gold was to them, because they were Ismaelites. 25 And they said, In giving we will give. And he unfolded his garment, and [²tossed ³there ¹each man] an ear-ring of his spoils. 26 And was the weight of the ear-rings of gold which he asked for -- [⁴shekels ¹a thousand ²and ³seven hundred] of gold, besides the ornaments of the crescents, and the wrap around garments of the ones of purple, of the ones upon the kings of Midian, even besides the collars of the ones on the necks of their camels.

Gideon's Legacy

27 And [²made ³to himself ¹Gideon] for an ephod, and set it in his city, in Ophrah. And [³fornicated ¹all ²Israel] after it there. And it became [³to ⁴Gideon ⁵and ⁶his house ¹an ²obstacle]. 28 And Midian was in remorse before the sons of Israel, and they did not proceed yet to lift their head; and [³was tranquil ¹the ²land] forty years in the days of Gideon. 29 And [⁴went ¹Jerubbaal ²son ³of Joash] and dwelt in his house. 30 And to Gideon there were seventy sons going forth from out of his thighs, for [³wives ²many ¹there were] to him. 31 And his concubine in Shechem, [²bore ³to him ⁴also ⁵indeed ¹she] a son, and put upon him his name -- Abimelech. 32 And [⁴died ¹Gideon ²the son ³of Joash] with [²grayness of hair ¹good]. And he was entombed in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 33 And it came to pass as Gideon died, that [⁴returned ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] and fornicated after the Baalim, and established to themselves Baal-berith for a covenant, [²to be ³to them ¹for him] for god. 34 And [⁴did not ⁵remember ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] the lord their God, the one rescuing them from out of the hand of all their enemies round about. 35 And they did not do mercy with the house of Jerubbaal -- Gideon, according to all the goodness which he did with Israel.