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Judges 8 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Zebah and Zalmunna Routed

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 -

Then the men of Ephraim said to [fn]Gideon, “What is this thing that you have done to us, not calling upon us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they quarreled with him vehemently.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - But he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim not better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - “God has handed over to you the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their [fn]anger toward him subsided when he said [fn]that.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 -

Then Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, exhausted yet still pursuing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are [fn]following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:6 - But the leaders of Succoth said, “[fn]Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7 - So Gideon said, “For this answer, when the LORD has handed over to me Zebah and Zalmunna, I will [fn]thrash your [fn]bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:8 - Then he went up from there to [fn]Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So he said also to the men of [fn]Penuel, “When I return safely, I will tear down this tower.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 -

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their [fn]armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of the entire [fn]army of the [fn]people of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 [fn]swordsmen.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he [fn]attacked the camp when the camp was unsuspecting.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the entire [fn]army.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:13 -

Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle [fn]by the ascent of Heres.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - And he captured a youth from [fn]Succoth and questioned him. Then the youth wrote down for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - And he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘[fn]Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - Then he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he [fn]disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:18 -

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Where were the men whom you killed at Tabor?” But they said, “You and they were alike, each one [fn]resembling the son of a king.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if only you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise, kill them.” But the youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:21 - Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself, and attack us; for as the man, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent amulets which were on their camels’ necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22 -

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, your son’s son as well, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:23 - But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:24 - Yet Gideon said to them, “I would [fn]request of you, that each of you give me [fn]an earring from his plunder.” (For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:25 - And they said, “We will certainly give them to you.” So they spread out a garment, and every one of them tossed an earring there from his plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - The weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, apart from the crescent amulets, the ear pendants, and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and apart from the neck chains that were on their camels’ necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - Gideon made it into an ephod, and placed it in his city, Ophrah; but all Israel [fn]committed infidelity with it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

Forty Years of Peace

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was undisturbed for forty years in the days of Gideon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:29 -

Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30 - Now Gideon had seventy sons who [fn]were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he [fn]named him Abimelech.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 - And Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 -

Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again [fn]committed infidelity with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:34 - So the sons of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had saved them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - nor did they show kindness to the household of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in accordance with all the good that he had done for Israel.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit him
Lit spirit
Lit this thing
Lit at my feet
Lit Is the palm of...; i.e., are you so sure of victory that
Or trample
Lit flesh
In Gen 32:30, Peniel
Lit Penuel, saying,
Or camps
Or camp
Lit sons
Lit men who drew the sword
Lit struck
Or camp
Or from
Lit the men of
Lit Is the palm of...; i.e., are you so sure of victory
Lit taught
Lit like the form of the sons
Lit request a request
Or a nose ring
I.e., against God
Lit came from his loins
Lit appointed his name
I.e., against God
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