<vn='1'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="4100">Why</s> hast thou <sn="6213">served</s> us <sn="2088">thus</s>, that thou <sn="7121">calledst</s> us <sn="1115">not</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> thou <sn="1980">wentest</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s> with the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>? And they did <sn="7378">chide</s><sn="854">with</s> him <sn="2394">sharply</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="4100">What</s> have I <sn="6213">done</s><sn="6258">now</s> in comparison of you? Is <sn="3808">not</s> the gleaning of the <sn="5955">grapes</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="2896">better</s> than the <sn="4480 1210">vintage</s> of <sn="44">Abi</s> -ezer? </v>
<vn='3'><sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> into your <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="6159">Oreb</s> and <sn="2062">Zeeb</s>: and <sn="4100">what</s> was I <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> in comparison of you? <sn="227">Then</s> their <sn="7307">anger</s> was <sn="7503">abated</s><sn="4480 5921">toward</s> him, when he had <sn="1696">said</s><sn="2088">that</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3383">Jordan</s>, and passed <sn="5674">over</s>, <sn="1931">he</s>, and the <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, <sn="5889">faint</s>, yet <sn="7291">pursuing</s> them. </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="5523">Succoth</s>, <sn="5414">Give</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, <sn="3603">loaves</s> of <sn="3899">bread</s> unto the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="7272">follow</s> me; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s> be <sn="5889">faint</s>, and <sn="595">I</s> am <sn="7291">pursuing</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s>, <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="5523">Succoth</s><sn="559">said</s>, Are the <sn="3709">hands</s> of <sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s><sn="6258">now</s> in thine <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> we should <sn="5414">give</s><sn="3899">bread</s> unto thine <sn="6635">army</s>? </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3651">Therefore</s> when the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s> into mine <sn="3027">hand</s>, then I will <sn="1758">tear</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1320">flesh</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="6975">thorns</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> and <sn="854">with</s><sn="1303">briers</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And he went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s> to <sn="6439">Penuel</s>, and <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> them <sn="2063">likewise</s>: and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="6439">Penuel</s><sn="6030">answered</s> him <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="5523">Succoth</s> had <sn="6030">answered</s> him. </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="1571">also</s> unto the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="6439">Penuel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, When I come <sn="7725">again</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s>, I will break <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4026">tower</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Now <sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s> were in <sn="7174">Karkor</s>, and their <sn="4264">hosts</s><sn="5973">with</s> them, about <sn="2568 6240">fifteen</s><sn="505">thousand</s> men, <sn="3605">all</s> that were <sn="3498">left</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="4264">hosts</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="6924">east</s>: for there <sn="5307">fell</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s><sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s> of them that <sn="7931">dwelt</s> in <sn="168">tents</s> on the <sn="4480 6924">east</s> of <sn="5025">Nobah</s> and <sn="3011">Jogbehah</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4264">host</s>: for the <sn="4264">host</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="983">secure</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And when <sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s><sn="5127">fled</s>, he <sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> them, and <sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s>, and <sn="2729">discomfited</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4264">host</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="7725">returned</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="4421">battle</s><sn="4480 4608">before</s> the <sn="2775">sun</s> was up, </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="3920">caught</s> a young <sn="5288">man</s> of the <sn="4480 376">men</s> of <sn="5523">Succoth</s>, and <sn="7592">inquired</s> of him: and he <sn="3789">described</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="5523">Succoth</s>, and the <sn="2205">elders</s> thereof, even threescore and <sn="7657 7651">seventeen</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And he <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="5523">Succoth</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s><sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s>, with <sn="834">whom</s> ye did <sn="2778">upbraid</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, Are the <sn="3709">hands</s> of <sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s><sn="6258">now</s> in thine <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> we should <sn="5414">give</s><sn="3899">bread</s> unto thy <sn="376">men</s> that are <sn="3287">weary</s>? </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="6975">thorns</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> and <sn="1303">briers</s>, and with them he <sn="3045">taught</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="5523">Succoth</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And he beat <sn="5422">down</s> the <sn="4026">tower</s> of <sn="6439">Penuel</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then <sn="559">said</s> he <sn="413">unto</s><sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s>, What <sn="375">manner</s> of <sn="376">men</s> were they <sn="834">whom</s> ye <sn="2026">slew</s> at <sn="8396">Tabor</s>? And they <sn="559">answered</s>, As <sn="3644">thou</s> art, so were they; each <sn="259">one</s><sn="8389">resembled</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of a <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1992">They</s> were my <sn="251">brethren</s>, even the <sn="1121">sons</s> of my <sn="517">mother</s>: as the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="3863">if</s> ye had saved them <sn="2421 *853">alive</s>, I would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2026">slay</s> you. </v>
<vn='20'>And he <sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="3500">Jether</s> his <sn="1060">firstborn</s>, <sn="6965">Up</s>, and <sn="2026">slay</s> them. But the <sn="5288">youth</s><sn="8025">drew</s><sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="2719">sword</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="3372">feared</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> he was <sn="5750">yet</s> a <sn="5288">youth</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then <sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6965">Rise</s><sn="859">thou</s>, and <sn="6293">fall</s> upon us: <sn="3588">for</s> as the <sn="376">man</s> is, so is his <sn="1369">strength</s>. And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2078">Zebah</s> and <sn="6759">Zalmunna</s>, and took <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7720">ornaments</s><sn="834">that</s> were on their <sn="1581">camels</s> ' <sn="6677">necks</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Then the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1439">Gideon</s>, <sn="4910">Rule</s> thou over us, <sn="1571">both</s><sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="1571">and</s> thy <sn="1121">son</s>, and thy <sn="1121">son</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s><sn="1571">also</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast <sn="3467">delivered</s> us from the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4910">rule</s> over you, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall my <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4910">rule</s> over you: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="4910">rule</s> over you. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, I would <sn="7592">desire</s> a <sn="7596">request</s><sn="4480">of</s> you, that ye would <sn="5414">give</s> me every <sn="376">man</s> the <sn="5141">earrings</s> of his <sn="7998">prey</s>. ( <sn="3588">For</s> they had <sn="2091">golden</s><sn="5141">earrings</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1992">they</s> were <sn="3459">Ishmaelites</s>.) </v>
<vn='25'>And they <sn="559">answered</s>, We will willingly <sn="5414 5414">give</s> them. And they <sn="6566">spread</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="8071">garment</s>, and did <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="8033">therein</s> every <sn="376">man</s> the <sn="5141">earrings</s> of his <sn="7998">prey</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And the <sn="4948">weight</s> of the <sn="2091">golden</s><sn="5141">earrings</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="7592">requested</s><sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> shekels of <sn="2091">gold</s>; <sn="905 4480">beside</s><sn="7720">ornaments</s>, and <sn="5188">collars</s>, and <sn="713">purple</s><sn="899">raiment</s> that was <sn="7945 5921">on</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>, and <sn="905 4480">beside</s> the <sn="6060">chains</s><sn="834">that</s> were about their <sn="1581">camels</s> ' <sn="6677">necks</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="6213">made</s> an <sn="646">ephod</s> thereof, and <sn="3322">put</s> it in his <sn="5892">city</s>, even in <sn="6084">Ophrah</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> went thither a <sn="2181 8033">whoring</s><sn="310">after</s> it: which thing <sn="1961">became</s> a <sn="4170">snare</s> unto <sn="1439">Gideon</s>, and to his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Thus was <sn="4080">Midian</s><sn="3665">subdued</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, so that they lifted <sn="5375">up</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s>. And the <sn="776">country</s> was in <sn="8252">quietness</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="1439">Gideon</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in his own <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="1961">had</s> threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of his <sn="3409">body</s><sn="3318">begotten</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="1961">had</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="802">wives</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And his <sn="6370">concubine</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, <sn="1931">she</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="3205">bore</s> him a <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="*853"></s> whose <sn="8034">name</s> he <sn="7760">called</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="4191">died</s> in a <sn="2896">good</s> old <sn="7872">age</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s> in the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, in <sn="6084">Ophrah</s> of the <sn="33">Abi</s> -ezrites. </v>
<vn='33'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as soon <sn="834">as</s><sn="1439">Gideon</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, that the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> turned <sn="7725">again</s>, and went a <sn="2181">whoring</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1168">Baalim</s>, and <sn="7760">made</s><sn="1170">Baal</s> -berith their <sn="430">god</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2142">remembered</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, who had <sn="5337">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> them out of the <sn="4480 3027">hands</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s> on every <sn="4480 5439">side</s>: </v>
<vn='35'><sn="3808">Neither</s><sn="6213">showed</s> they <sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="5973">to</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s>, namely, <sn="1439">Gideon</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2896">goodness</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="6213">showed</s><sn="5973">unto</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>