Judges 8:1-9

Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna

1 aThen 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. 2And he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not bthe gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer? 3 cGod has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?” dThen their anger
Hebrew  their spirit
against him subsided when he said this.

4And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and fthe 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing. 5So he said to the men of gSuccoth, “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.” 6And the officials of Succoth said, h“Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, ithat we should give bread to your army?” 7So Gideon said, “Well then, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, jI will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” 8And from there he went up to kPenuel, and spoke to them in the same way, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. 9And he said to the men of Penuel, l“When I come again in peace, mI will break down this tower.”

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