And the men{H376} of Ephraim{H669} said{H559} unto him, Why hast thou{H4100} served{H6213} us thus,{H1697} that thou calledst{H7121} us not, when thou wentest{H1980} to fight{H3898} with Midian?{H4080} And they did chide{H7378} with him sharply.{H2394}

And he said{H559} unto them, What have I now done{H6213} in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning{H5955} of the grapes of Ephraim{H669} better{H2896} than the vintage{H1210} of Abiezer?{H44}

God{H430} hath delivered{H5414} into your hand{H3027} the princes{H8269} of Midian,{H4080} Oreb{H6159} and Zeeb:{H2062} and what was I able{H3201} to do{H6213} in comparison with you? Then their anger{H7307} was abated{H7503} toward him, when he had said{H1697} that.{H1696}

And Gideon{H1439} came{H935} to the Jordan,{H3383} [and] passed over,{H5674} he, and the three{H7969} hundred{H3967} men{H376} that were with him, faint,{H5889} yet pursuing.{H7291}

And he said{H559} unto the men{H582} of Succoth,{H5523} Give,{H5414} I pray you, loaves{H3603} of bread{H3899} unto the people{H5971} that follow{H7272} me; for they are faint,{H5889} and I am pursuing{H7291} after{H310} Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna,{H6759} the kings{H4428} of Midian.{H4080}

And the princes{H8269} of Succoth{H5523} said,{H559} Are the hands{H3709} of Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna{H6759} now in thy hand,{H3027} that we should give{H5414} bread{H3899} unto thine army?{H6635}

And Gideon{H1439} said,{H559} Therefore when Jehovah{H3068} hath delivered{H5414} Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna{H6759} into my hand,{H3027} then I will tear{H1758} your flesh{H1320} with the thorns{H6975} of the wilderness{H4057} and with briers.{H1303}

And he went up{H5927} thence to Penuel,{H6439} and spake{H1696} unto them in like{H2063} manner; and the men{H582} of Penuel{H6439} answered{H6030} him as the men{H582} of Succoth{H5523} had answered.{H6030}

And he spake{H559} also unto the men{H582} of Penuel,{H6439} saying,{H559} When I come again{H7725} in peace,{H7965} I will break down{H5422} this tower.{H4026}

Now Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna{H6759} were in Karkor,{H7174} and their hosts{H4264} with them, about fifteen{H2568} thousand{H505} men, all that were left{H3498} of all the host{H4264} of the children{H1121} of the east;{H6924} for there fell{H5307} a hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword.{H2719}

And Gideon{H1439} went up{H5927} by the way{H1870} of them that dwelt{H7931} in tents{H168} on the east{H6924} of Nobah{H5025} and Jogbehah,{H3011} and smote{H5221} the host;{H4264} for the host{H4264} was secure.{H983}

And Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna{H6759} fled;{H5127} and he pursued{H7291} after{H310} them; and he took{H3920} the two{H8147} kings{H4428} of Midian,{H4080} Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna,{H6759} and discomfited{H2729} all the host.{H4264}

And Gideon{H1439} the son{H1121} of Joash{H3101} returned{H7725} from the battle{H4421} from{H4608} the ascent of Heres.{H2775}

And he caught{H3920} a young man{H5288} of the men{H5288} of Succoth,{H5523} and inquired{H7592} of him: and he described{H3789} for him the princes{H8269} of Succoth,{H5523} and the elders{H2205} thereof, seventy{H7657} and seven men.{H376}

And he came{H935} unto the men{H582} of Succoth,{H5523} and said,{H559} Behold Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna,{H6759} concerning whom ye did taunt{H2778} me, saying,{H559} Are the hands{H3709} of Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna{H6759} now in thy hand,{H3027} that we should give{H5414} bread{H3899} unto thy men{H582} that are weary?{H3287}

And he took{H3947} the elders{H2205} of the city,{H5892} and thorns{H6975} of the wilderness{H4057} and briers,{H1303} and with them he taught{H3045} the men{H582} of Succoth.{H5523}

And he brake down{H5422} the tower{H4026} of Penuel,{H6439} and slew{H2026} the men{H582} of the city.{H5892}

Then said{H559} he unto Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna,{H6759} What{H375} manner of men{H582} were they whom ye slew{H2026} at Tabor?{H8396} And they answered,{H559} As thou{H3644} art, so were they; each one{H259} resembled{H8389} the children{H1121} of a king.{H4428}

And he said,{H559} They were my brethren,{H251} the sons{H1121} of my mother:{H517} as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} if{H3863} ye had saved them alive,{H2421} I would not slay{H2026} you.

And he said{H559} unto Jether{H3500} his first-born,{H1060} Up,{H6965} and slay{H2026} them. But the youth{H5288} drew{H8025} not his sword;{H2719} for he feared,{H3372} because he was yet a youth.{H5288}

Then Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna{H6759} said,{H559} Rise{H6965} thou, and fall{H6293} upon us; for as the man{H376} is, so is his strength.{H1369} And Gideon{H1439} arose,{H6965} and slew{H2026} Zebah{H2078} and Zalmunna,{H6759} and took{H3947} the crescents{H7720} that were on their camels'{H1581} necks.{H6677}

Then the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto Gideon,{H1439} Rule{H4910} thou over us, both thou, and thy son,{H1121} and thy son's{H1121} son{H1121} also; for thou hast saved{H3467} us out of the hand{H3027} of Midian.{H4080}

And Gideon{H1439} said{H559} unto them, I will not rule{H4910} over you, neither shall my son{H1121} rule{H4910} over you: Jehovah{H3068} shall rule{H4910} over you.

And Gideon{H1439} said{H559} unto them, I would make{H7592} a request{H7596} of you, that ye would give{H5414} me every man{H376} the ear-rings{H5141} of his spoil.{H7998} (For they had golden{H2091} ear-rings,{H5141} because they were Ishmaelites.){H3459}

And they answered,{H559} We will willingly{H5414} give{H5414} them. And they spread{H6566} a garment,{H8071} and did cast{H7993} therein every man{H376} the ear-rings{H5141} of his spoil.{H7998}

And the weight{H4948} of the golden{H2091} ear-rings{H5141} that he requested{H7592} was a thousand{H505} and seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} [shekels] of gold,{H2091} besides the crescents,{H7720} and the pendants,{H5188} and the purple{H713} raiment{H899} that was on the kings{H4428} of Midian,{H4080} and besides the chains{H6060} that were about their camels'{H1581} necks.{H6677}

And Gideon{H1439} made{H6213} an ephod{H646} thereof, and put{H3322} it in his city,{H5892} even in Ophrah:{H6084} and all Israel{H3478} played the harlot{H2181} after{H310} it there; and it became a snare{H4170} unto Gideon,{H1439} and to his house.{H1004}

So Midian{H4080} was subdued{H3665} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and they lifted up{H5375} their heads{H7218} no more.{H3254} And the land{H776} had rest{H8252} forty{H705} years{H8141} in the days{H3117} of Gideon.{H1439}

And Jerubbaal{H3378} the son{H1121} of Joash{H3101} went{H3212} and dwelt{H3427} in his own house.{H1004}

And Gideon{H1439} had threescore and ten{H7657} sons{H1121} of his body{H3409} begotten;{H3318} for he had many{H7227} wives.{H802}

And his concubine{H6370} that was in Shechem,{H7927} she also bare{H3205} him a son,{H1121} and he called{H7760} his name{H8034} Abimelech.{H40}

And Gideon{H1439} the son{H1121} of Joash{H3101} died{H4191} in a good{H2896} old age,{H7872} and was buried{H6912} in the sepulchre{H6913} of Joash{H3101} his father,{H1} in Ophrah{H6084} of the Abiezrites.{H33}

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon{H1439} was dead,{H4191} that the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} turned again,{H7725} and played the harlot{H2181} after{H310} the Baalim,{H1168} and made{H7760} Baal-berith{H1170} their god.{H430}

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} remembered{H2142} not Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} who had delivered{H5337} them out of the hand{H3027} of all their enemies{H341} on every side;{H5439}

neither showed{H6213} they kindness{H2617} to the house{H1004} of Jerubbaal,{H3378} [who is] Gideon,{H1439} according to all the goodness{H2896} which he had showed{H6213} unto Israel.{H3478}