Judges 8
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Judges 8 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021 8:1 And the men0376 of Ephraim0669 said0559 unto him, Why hast thou4100 served6213 us thus1697, that thou calledst7121 us not, when thou wentest1980 to fight3898 with the Midianites4080? And they did chide7378 with him sharply2394. 8:2 And he said0559 unto them, What have I done6213 now in comparison of you? {Is} not the gleaning5955 of the grapes of Ephraim0669 better2896 than the vintage1210 of Abiezer0044? 8:3 God0430 hath delivered5414 into your hands3027 the princes8269 of Midian4080, Oreb6159 and Zeeb2062: and what was I able3201 to do6213 in comparison of you? Then their anger7307 was abated7503 toward him, when he had said1697 that1696. 8:4 And Gideon1439 came0935 to Jordan3383, {and} passed over5674, he, and the three7969 hundred3967 men0376 that {were} with him, faint5889, yet pursuing7291 {them}. 8:5 And he said0559 unto the men0582 of Succoth5523, Give5414, I pray you, loaves3603 of bread3899 unto the people5971 that follow7272 me; for they {be} faint5889, and I am pursuing7291 after0310 Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759, kings4428 of Midian4080. 8:6 And the princes8269 of Succoth5523 said0559, {Are} the hands3709 of Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759 now in thine hand3027, that we should give5414 bread3899 unto thine army6635? 8:7 And Gideon1439 said0559, Therefore when the LORD3068 hath delivered5414 Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759 into mine hand3027, then I will tear1758 your flesh1320 with the thorns6975 of the wilderness4057 and with briers1303. 8:8 And he went up5927 thence to Penuel6439, and spake1696 unto them likewise2063: and the men0582 of Penuel6439 answered6030 him as the men0582 of Succoth5523 had answered6030 {him}. 8:9 And he spake0559 also unto the men0582 of Penuel6439, saying0559, When I come again7725 in peace7965, I will break down5422 this tower4026. 8:10 Now Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759 {were} in Karkor7174, and their hosts4264 with them, about fifteen2568-6240 thousand0505 {men}, all that were left3498 of all the hosts4264 of the children1121 of the east6924: for there fell5307 an hundred3967 and twenty6242 thousand0505 men0376 that drew8025 sword2719. 8:11 And Gideon1439 went up5927 by the way1870 of them that dwelt7931 in tents0168 on the east6924 of Nobah5025 and Jogbehah3011, and smote5221 the host4264: for the host4264 was secure0983. 8:12 And when Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759 fled5127, he pursued7291 after0310 them, and took3920 the two8147 kings4428 of Midian4080, Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759, and discomfited2729 all the host4264. 8:13 And Gideon1439 the son1121 of Joash3101 returned7725 from battle4421 before4608 the sun2775 {was up}, 8:14 And caught3920 a young man5288 of the men0582 of Succoth5523, and enquired7592 of him: and he described3789 unto him the princes8269 of Succoth5523, and the elders2205 thereof, {even} threescore and seventeen7657-7651 men0376. 8:15 And he came0935 unto the men0582 of Succoth5523, and said0559, Behold Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759, with whom ye did upbraid2778 me, saying0559, {Are} the hands3709 of Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759 now in thine hand3027, that we should give5414 bread3899 unto thy men0582 {that are} weary3287? 8:16 And he took3947 the elders2205 of the city5892, and thorns6975 of the wilderness4057 and briers1303, and with them he taught3045 the men0582 of Succoth5523. 8:17 And he beat down5422 the tower4026 of Penuel6439, and slew2026 the men0582 of the city5892. 8:18 Then said0559 he unto Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759, What0375 manner of men0582 {were they} whom ye slew2026 at Tabor8396? And they answered0559, As thou3644 {art}, so {were} they; each one0259 resembled8389 the children1121 of a king4428. 8:19 And he said0559, They {were} my brethren0251, {even} the sons1121 of my mother0517: {as} the LORD3068 liveth2416, if3863 ye had saved them alive2421, I would not slay2026 you. 8:20 And he said0559 unto Jether3500 his firstborn1060, Up6965, {and} slay2026 them. But the youth5288 drew8025 not his sword2719: for he feared3372, because he {was} yet a youth5288. 8:21 Then Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759 said0559, Rise6965 thou, and fall6293 upon us: for as the man0376 {is, so is} his strength1369. And Gideon1439 arose6965, and slew2026 Zebah2078 and Zalmunna6759, and took away3947 the ornaments7720 that {were} on their camels'1581 necks6677. 8:22 Then the men0376 of Israel3478 said0559 unto Gideon1439, Rule4910 thou over us, both thou, and thy son1121, and thy son's1121 son1121 also: for thou hast delivered3467 us from the hand3027 of Midian4080. 8:23 And Gideon1439 said0559 unto them, I will not rule4910 over you, neither shall my son1121 rule4910 over you: the LORD3068 shall rule4910 over you. 8:24 And Gideon1439 said0559 unto them, I would desire7592 a request7596 of you, that ye would give5414 me every man0376 the earrings5141 of his prey7998. (For they had golden2091 earrings5141, because they {were} Ishmaelites3459.) 8:25 And they answered0559, We will willingly5414 give5414 {them}. And they spread6566 a garment8071, and did cast7993 therein every man0376 the earrings5141 of his prey7998. 8:26 And the weight4948 of the golden2091 earrings5141 that he requested7592 was a thousand0505 and seven7651 hundred3967 {shekels} of gold2091; beside ornaments7720, and collars5188, and purple0713 raiment0899 that {was} on the kings4428 of Midian4080, and beside the chains6060 that {were} about their camels'1581 necks6677. 8:27 And Gideon1439 made6213 an ephod0646 thereof, and put3322 it in his city5892, {even} in Ophrah6084: and all Israel3478 went thither a whoring2181 after0310 it: which thing became a snare4170 unto Gideon1439, and to his house1004. 8:28 Thus was Midian4080 subdued3665 before6440 the children1121 of Israel3478, so that they lifted up5375 their heads7218 no more3254. And the country0776 was in quietness8252 forty0705 years8141 in the days3117 of Gideon1439. 8:29 And Jerubbaal3378 the son1121 of Joash3101 went3212 and dwelt3427 in his own house1004. 8:30 And Gideon1439 had threescore and ten7657 sons1121 of his body3409 begotten3318: for he had many7227 wives0802. 8:31 And his concubine6370 that {was} in Shechem7927, she also bare3205 him a son1121, whose name8034 he called7760 Abimelech0040. 8:32 And Gideon1439 the son1121 of Joash3101 died4191 in a good2896 old age7872, and was buried6912 in the sepulchre6913 of Joash3101 his father0001, in Ophrah6084 of the Abiezrites0033. 8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon1439 was dead4191, that the children1121 of Israel3478 turned again7725, and went a whoring2181 after0310 Baalim1168, and made7760 Baalberith1170 their god0430. 8:34 And the children1121 of Israel3478 remembered2142 not the LORD3068 their God0430, who had delivered5337 them out of the hands3027 of all their enemies0341 on every side5439: 8:35 Neither shewed6213 they kindness2617 to the house1004 of Jerubbaal3378, {namely}, Gideon1439, according to all the goodness2896 which he had shewed6213 unto Israel3478.