And the men
of Ephraim
said
unto him, Why hast thou
served
us thus,
that thou calledst
us not, when thou wentest
to fight
with the Midianites?
And they did chide
with him sharply.
say
deploy
παρατάξασθαι
parataxasthai
strongly
ἰσχυρῶς
ischyrōs
And he said
unto them, What have I done
now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning
of the grapes of Ephraim
better
than the vintage
of Abiezer?
God
hath delivered
into your hands
the princes
of Midian,
Oreb
and Zeeb:
and what was I able
to do
in comparison of you? Then their anger
was abated
toward him, when he had said
that.
Ōrēb
Ωρηβ
ōrēb
Zēb
Ζηβ
zēb
And Gideon
came
to Jordan,
and passed over,
he, and the three
hundred
men
that were with him, faint,
yet pursuing
them.
And he said
unto the men
of Succoth,
Give,
I pray you, loaves
of bread
unto the people
that follow
me; for they be faint,
and I am pursuing
after
Zebah
and Zalmunna,
kings
of Midian.
say
Sokchōth
Σοκχωθ
sokchōth
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
And the princes
of Succoth
said,
Are the hands
of Zebah
and Zalmunna
now in thine hand,
that we should give
bread
unto thine army?
And Gideon
said,
Therefore when the LORD
hath delivered
Zebah
and Zalmunna
into mine hand,
then I will tear
your flesh
with the thorns
of the wilderness
and with briers.
say
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
he thorn bushes
αβαρκηνιν
abarkēnin
And he went up
thence to Penuel,
and spake
unto them likewise:
and the men
of Penuel
answered
him as the men
of Succoth
had answered
him.
Sokchōth
Σοκχωθ
sokchōth
And he spake
also unto the men
of Penuel,
saying,
When I come again
in peace,
I will break down
this tower.
Now Zebah
and Zalmunna
were in Karkor,
and their hosts
with them, about fifteen
thousand
men, all that were left
of all the hosts
of the children
of the east:
for there fell
an hundred
and twenty
thousand
men
that drew
sword.
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
Karkar
Καρκαρ
karkar
And Gideon
went up
by the way
of them that dwelt
in tents
on the east
of Nobah
and Jogbehah,
and smote
the host:
for the host
was secure.
Nabai
Ναβαι
nabai
Iegebal
Ιεγεβαλ
iegebal
And when Zebah
and Zalmunna
fled,
he pursued
after
them, and took
the two
kings
of Midian,
Zebah
and Zalmunna,
and discomfited
all the host.
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
And Gideon
the son
of Joash
returned
from battle
before
the sun
was up,
And caught
a young man
of the men
of Succoth,
and enquired
of him: and he described
unto him the princes
of Succoth,
and the elders
thereof, even threescore and seventeen
men.
Sokchōth
Σοκχωθ
sokchōth
Sokchōth
Σοκχωθ
sokchōth
And he came
unto the men
of Succoth,
and said,
Behold Zebah
and Zalmunna,
with whom ye did upbraid
me, saying,
Are the hands
of Zebah
and Zalmunna
now in thine hand,
that we should give
bread
unto thy men
that are weary?
Sokchōth
Σοκχωθ
sokchōth
say
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
And he took
the elders
of the city,
and thorns
of the wilderness
and briers,
and with them he taught
the men
of Succoth.
And he beat down
the tower
of Penuel,
and slew
the men
of the city.
Then said
he unto Zebah
and Zalmunna,
What
manner of men
were they whom ye slew
at Tabor?
And they answered,
As thou
art, so were they; each one
resembled
the children
of a king.
And he said,
They were my brethren,
even the sons
of my mother:
as the LORD
liveth,
if
ye had saved them alive,
I would not slay
you.
And he said
unto Jether
his firstborn,
Up,
and slay
them. But the youth
drew
not his sword:
for he feared,
because he was yet a youth.
say
Iether
Ιεθερ
iether
Then Zebah
and Zalmunna
said,
Rise
thou, and fall
upon us: for as the man
is, so is his strength.
And Gideon
arose,
and slew
Zebah
and Zalmunna,
and took away
the ornaments
that were on their camels'
necks.
say
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
Zebee
Ζεβεε
zebee
Selmana
Σελμανα
selmana
crescent
μηνίσκους
mēniskous
Then the men
of Israel
said
unto Gideon,
Rule
thou over us, both thou, and thy son,
and thy son's
son
also: for thou hast delivered
us from the hand
of Midian.
And Gideon
said
unto them, I will not rule
over you, neither shall my son
rule
over you: the LORD
shall rule
over you.
And Gideon
said
unto them, I would desire
a request
of you, that ye would give
me every man
the earrings
of his prey.
(For they had golden
earrings,
because they were Ishmaelites.
)
say
earring
ἐνώτιον
enōtion
earring
ἐνώτια
enōtia
Ismaēlitēs
Ισμαηλῖται
ismaēlitai
And they answered,
We will willingly
give
them. And they spread
a garment,
and did cast
therein every man
the earrings
of his prey.
And the weight
of the golden
earrings
that he requested
was a thousand
and seven
hundred
shekels of gold;
beside ornaments,
and collars,
and purple
raiment
that was on the kings
of Midian,
and beside the chains
that were about their camels'
necks.
weight
σταθμὸς
stathmos
earring
ἐνωτίων
enōtiōn
besides
πάρεξ
parex
crescent
μηνίσκων
mēniskōn
chain
στραγγαλίδων
strangalidōn
purple garment
πορφυρίδων
porphyridōn
cover
περιθεμάτων
perithematōn
And Gideon
made
an ephod
thereof, and put
it in his city,
even in Ophrah:
and all Israel
went thither a whoring
after
it: which thing became a snare
unto Gideon,
and to his house.
ephod
εφωθ
ephōth
Ephratha
Εφραθα
ephratha
thorn
σκῶλον
skōlon
Thus was Midian
subdued
before
the children
of Israel,
so that they lifted up
their heads
no more.
And the country
was in quietness
forty
years
in the days
of Gideon.
And Jerubbaal
the son
of Joash
went
and dwelt
in his own house.
And Gideon
had threescore and ten
sons
of his body
begotten:
for he had many
wives.
And his concubine
that was in Shechem,
she also bare
him a son,
whose name
he called
Abimelech.
And Gideon
the son
of Joash
died
in a good
old age,
and was buried
in the sepulchre
of Joash
his father,
in Ophrah
of the Abiezrites.
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon
was dead,
that the children
of Israel
turned again,
and went a whoring
after
Baalim,
and made
Baalberith
their god.
Baalim
Βααλιμ
baalim
And the children
of Israel
remembered
not the LORD
their God,
who had delivered
them out of the hands
of all their enemies
on every side:
Neither shewed
they kindness
to the house
of Jerubbaal,
namely, Gideon,
according to all the goodness
which he had shewed
unto Israel.
