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Judges 6:1--10:5

6:1

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

did
<06213> (8799)

evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

and the LORD
<03068>

delivered
<05414> (8799)

them into the hand
<03027>

of Midian
<04080>

seven
<07651>

years
<08141>_.

6:2

And the hand
<03027>

of Midian
<04080>

prevailed
<05810> (8799)

against Israel
<03478>_:

[and] because
<06440>

of the Midianites
<04080>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

made
<06213> (8804)

them the dens
<04492>

which [are] in the mountains
<02022>_,

and caves
<04631>_,

and strong holds
<04679>_.

{prevailed: Heb. was strong}

6:3

And [so] it was, when Israel
<03478>

had sown
<02232> (8804)_,

that the Midianites
<04080>

came up
<05927> (8804)_,

and the Amalekites
<06002>_,

and the children
<01121>

of the east
<06924>_,

even they came up
<05927> (8804)

against them;

6:4

And they encamped
<02583> (8799)

against them, and destroyed
<07843> (8686)

the increase
<02981>

of the earth
<0776>_,

till thou come
<0935> (8800)

unto Gaza
<05804>_,

and left
<07604> (8686)

no sustenance
<04241>

for Israel
<03478>_,

neither sheep
<07716>_,

nor ox
<07794>_,

nor ass
<02543>_.

{sheep: or goat}

6:5

For they came up
<05927> (8799)

with their cattle
<04735>

and their tents
<0168>_,

and they came
<0935> (8804) (8675) <0935> (8799)

as
<01767>

grasshoppers
<0697>

for multitude
<07230>_;

[for] both they and their camels
<01581>

were without number
<04557>_:

and they entered
<0935> (8799)

into the land
<0776>

to destroy
<07843> (8763)

it.

6:6

And Israel
<03478>

was greatly
<03966>

impoverished
<01809> (8735)

because
<06440>

of the Midianites
<04080>_;

and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

cried
<02199> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

6:7

And it came to pass, when the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

cried
<02199> (8804)

unto the LORD
<03068>

because
<0182>

of the Midianites
<04080>_,

6:8

That the LORD
<03068>

sent
<07971> (8799)

a prophet
<0376> <05030>

unto the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

which said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

I brought you up
<05927> (8689)

from Egypt
<04714>_,

and brought you forth
<03318> (8686)

out of the house
<01004>

of bondage
<05650>_;

{a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet}

6:9

And I delivered
<05337> (8686)

you out of the hand
<03027>

of the Egyptians
<04714>_,

and out of the hand
<03027>

of all that oppressed
<03905> (8801)

you, and drave them out
<01644> (8762)

from before
<06440>

you, and gave
<05414> (8799)

you their land
<0776>_;

6:10

And I said
<0559> (8799)

unto you, I [am] the LORD
<03068>

your God
<0430>_;

fear
<03372> (8799)

not the gods
<0430>

of the Amorites
<0567>_,

in whose land
<0776>

ye dwell
<03427> (8802)_:

but ye have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

my voice
<06963>_.

6:11

And there came
<0935> (8799)

an angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

under an oak
<0424>

which [was] in Ophrah
<06084>_,

that [pertained] unto Joash
<03101>

the Abiezrite
<033>_:

and his son
<01121>

Gideon
<01439>

threshed
<02251> (8802)

wheat
<02406>

by the winepress
<01660>_,

to hide
<05127> (8687)

[it] from
<06440>

the Midianites
<04080>_.

{Gideon: Gr. Gedeon} {to hide...: Heb. to cause it to flee}

6:12

And the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

appeared
<07200> (8735)

unto him, and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, The LORD
<03068>

[is] with thee, thou mighty
<01368>

man of valour
<02428>_.

6:13

And Gideon
<01439>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Oh
<0994>

my Lord
<0113>_,

if
<03426>

the LORD
<03068>

be with us, why then is all this befallen
<04672> (8804)

us? and where [be] all his miracles
<06381> (8737)

which our fathers
<01>

told
<05608> (8765)

us of, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Did not the LORD
<03068>

bring us up
<05927> (8689)

from Egypt
<04714>_?

but now the LORD
<03068>

hath forsaken
<05203> (8804)

us, and delivered
<05414> (8799)

us into the hands
<03709>

of the Midianites
<04080>_.

6:14

And the LORD
<03068>

looked
<06437> (8799)

upon him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

in this thy might
<03581>_,

and thou shalt save
<03467> (8689)

Israel
<03478>

from the hand
<03709>

of the Midianites
<04080>_:

have not I sent
<07971> (8804)

thee?

6:15

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Oh
<0994>

my Lord
<0136>_,

wherewith
<04100>

shall I save
<03467> (8686)

Israel
<03478>_?

behold, my family
<0504> (8676) <0505>

[is] poor
<01800>

in Manasseh
<04519>_,

and I [am] the least
<06810>

in my father's
<01>

house
<01004>_.

{my family...: Heb. my thousand is the meanest}

6:16

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite
<05221> (8689)

the Midianites
<04080>

as one
<0259>

man
<0376>_.

6:17

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, If now I have found
<04672> (8804)

grace
<02580>

in thy sight
<05869>_,

then shew
<06213> (8804)

me a sign
<0226>

that thou talkest
<01696> (8764)

with me.

6:18

Depart
<04185> (8799)

not hence, I pray thee, until I come
<0935> (8800)

unto thee, and bring forth
<03318> (8689)

my present
<04503>_,

and set
<03240> (8689)

[it] before
<06440>

thee. And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will tarry
<03427> (8799)

until thou come again
<07725> (8800)_.

{present: or, meat offering}

6:19

And Gideon
<01439>

went in
<0935> (8804)_,

and made ready
<06213> (8799)

a kid
<05795> <01423>_,

and unleavened cakes
<04682>

of an ephah
<0374>

of flour
<07058>_:

the flesh
<01320>

he put
<07760> (8804)

in a basket
<05536>_,

and he put
<07760> (8804)

the broth
<04839>

in a pot
<06517>_,

and brought [it] out
<03318> (8686)

unto him under the oak
<0424>_,

and presented
<05066> (8686)

[it]. {a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats}

6:20

And the angel
<04397>

of God
<0430>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Take
<03947> (8798)

the flesh
<01320>

and the unleavened cakes
<04682>_,

and lay
<03240> (8685)

[them] upon this
<01975>

rock
<05553>_,

and pour out
<08210> (8798)

the broth
<04839>_.

And he did
<06213> (8799)

so.

6:21

Then the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

put forth
<07971> (8799)

the end
<07097>

of the staff
<04938>

that [was] in his hand
<03027>_,

and touched
<05060> (8799)

the flesh
<01320>

and the unleavened cakes
<04682>_;

and there rose up
<05927> (8799)

fire
<0784>

out of the rock
<06697>_,

and consumed
<0398> (8799)

the flesh
<01320>

and the unleavened cakes
<04682>_.

Then the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

departed
<01980> (8804)

out of his sight
<05869>_.

6:22

And when Gideon
<01439>

perceived
<07200> (8799)

that he [was] an angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

Gideon
<01439>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Alas
<0162>_,

O Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_!

for because
<03651>

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

an angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

face
<06440>

to face
<06440>_.

6:23

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Peace
<07965>

[be] unto thee; fear
<03372> (8799)

not: thou shalt not die
<04191> (8799)_.

6:24

Then Gideon
<01439>

built
<01129> (8799)

an altar
<04196>

there unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and called
<07121> (8799)

it Jehovahshalom
<03073>_:

unto this day
<03117>

it [is] yet in Ophrah
<06084>

of the Abiezrites
<033>_.

{Jehovahshalom: that is, The LORD send peace}

6:25

And it came to pass the same night
<03915>_,

that the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Take
<03947> (8798)

thy father's
<01>

young
<06499>

bullock
<07794>_,

even the second
<08145>

bullock
<06499>

of seven
<07651>

years old
<08141>_,

and throw down
<02040> (8804)

the altar
<04196>

of Baal
<01168>

that thy father
<01>

hath, and cut down
<03772> (8799)

the grove
<0842>

that [is] by it: {even: or, and}

6:26

And build
<01129> (8804)

an altar
<04196>

unto the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

upon the top
<07218>

of this rock
<04581>_,

in the ordered place
<04634>_,

and take
<03947> (8804)

the second
<08145>

bullock
<06499>_,

and offer
<05927> (8689)

a burnt sacrifice
<05930>

with the wood
<06086>

of the grove
<0842>

which thou shalt cut down
<03772> (8799)_.

{rock: Heb. strong place} {in the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner}

6:27

Then Gideon
<01439>

took
<03947> (8799)

ten
<06235>

men
<0582>

of his servants
<05650>_,

and did
<06213> (8799)

as the LORD
<03068>

had said
<01696> (8765)

unto him: and [so] it was, because he feared
<03372> (8804)

his father's
<01>

household
<01004>_,

and the men
<0582>

of the city
<05892>_,

that he could not do
<06213> (8800)

[it] by day
<03119>_,

that he did
<06213> (8799)

[it] by night
<03915>_.

6:28

And when the men
<0582>

of the city
<05892>

arose early
<07925> (8686)

in the morning
<01242>_,

behold, the altar
<04196>

of Baal
<01168>

was cast down
<05422> (8795)_,

and the grove
<0842>

was cut down
<03772> (8795)

that [was] by it, and the second
<08145>

bullock
<06499>

was offered
<05927> (8717)

upon the altar
<04196>

[that was] built
<01129> (8803)_.

6:29

And they said
<0559> (8799)

one
<0376>

to another
<07453>_,

Who hath done
<06213> (8804)

this thing
<01697>_?

And when they enquired
<01875> (8799)

and asked
<01245> (8762)_,

they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Gideon
<01439>

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>

hath done
<06213> (8804)

this thing
<01697>_.

6:30

Then the men
<0582>

of the city
<05892>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Joash
<03101>_,

Bring out
<03318> (8685)

thy son
<01121>_,

that he may die
<04191> (8799)_:

because he hath cast down
<05422> (8804)

the altar
<04196>

of Baal
<01168>_,

and because he hath cut down
<03772> (8804)

the grove
<0842>

that [was] by it.

6:31

And Joash
<03101>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto all that stood
<05975> (8804)

against him, Will ye plead
<07378> (8799)

for Baal
<01168>_?

will ye save
<03467> (8686)

him? he that will plead
<07378> (8799)

for him, let him be put to death
<04191> (8714)

whilst [it is yet] morning
<01242>_:

if he [be] a god
<0430>_,

let him plead
<07378> (8799)

for himself, because [one] hath cast down
<05422> (8804)

his altar
<04196>_.

6:32

Therefore on that day
<03117>

he called
<07121> (8799)

him Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Let Baal
<01168>

plead
<07378> (8799)

against him, because he hath thrown down
<05422> (8804)

his altar
<04196>_.

{Jerubbaal: that is, Let Baal plead} {Jerubbesheth: that is, Let the shameful thing plead}

6:33

Then all the Midianites
<04080>

and the Amalekites
<06002>

and the children
<01121>

of the east
<06924>

were gathered
<0622> (8738)

together
<03162>_,

and went over
<05674> (8799)_,

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

in the valley
<06010>

of Jezreel
<03157>_.

6:34

But the Spirit
<07307>

of the LORD
<03068>

came
<03847> (8804)

upon Gideon
<01439>_,

and he blew
<08628> (8799)

a trumpet
<07782>_;

and Abiezer
<044>

was gathered
<02199> (8735)

after
<0310>

him. {came...: Heb. clothed} {gathered: Heb. called}

6:35

And he sent
<07971> (8804)

messengers
<04397>

throughout all Manasseh
<04519>_;

who also was gathered
<02199> (8735)

after
<0310>

him: and he sent
<07971> (8804)

messengers
<04397>

unto Asher
<0836>_,

and unto Zebulun
<02074>_,

and unto Naphtali
<05321>_;

and they came up
<05927> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

them. {gathered: Heb. called}

6:36

And Gideon
<01439>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto God
<0430>_,

If thou wilt
<03426>

save
<03467> (8688)

Israel
<03478>

by mine hand
<03027>_,

as thou hast said
<01696> (8765)_,

6:37

Behold, I will put
<03322> (8688)

a fleece
<01492>

of wool
<06785>

in the floor
<01637>_;

[and] if the dew
<02919>

be on the fleece
<01492>

only, and [it be] dry
<02721>

upon all the earth
<0776>

[beside], then shall I know
<03045> (8804)

that thou wilt save
<03467> (8686)

Israel
<03478>

by mine hand
<03027>_,

as thou hast said
<01696> (8765)_.

6:38

And it was so: for he rose up early
<07925> (8686)

on the morrow
<04283>_,

and thrust
<02115> (0)

the fleece
<01492>

together
<02115> (8799)_,

and wringed
<04680> (8799)

the dew
<02919>

out of the fleece
<01492>_,

a bowl
<05602>

full
<04393>

of water
<04325>_.

6:39

And Gideon
<01439>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto God
<0430>_,

Let not thine anger
<0639>

be hot
<02734> (8799)

against me, and I will speak
<01696> (8762)

but this once
<06471>_:

let me prove
<05254> (8762)_,

I pray thee, but this once
<06471>

with the fleece
<01492>_;

let it now be dry
<02721>

only upon the fleece
<01492>_,

and upon all the ground
<0776>

let there be dew
<02919>_.

6:40

And God
<0430>

did
<06213> (8799)

so that night
<03915>_:

for it was dry
<02721>

upon the fleece
<01492>

only, and there was dew
<02919>

on all the ground
<0776>_.

7:1

Then Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

who [is] Gideon
<01439>_,

and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, rose up early
<07925> (8686)_,

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

beside the well of Harod
<05878>_:

so that the host
<04264>

of the Midianites
<04080>

were on the north side
<06828>

of them, by the hill
<01389>

of Moreh
<04176>_,

in the valley
<06010>_.

7:2

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

The people
<05971>

that [are] with thee [are] too many
<07227>

for me to give
<05414> (8800)

the Midianites
<04080>

into their hands
<03027>_,

lest Israel
<03478>

vaunt
<06286> (8691)

themselves against me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Mine own hand
<03027>

hath saved
<03467> (8689)

me.

7:3

Now therefore go to
<04994>_,

proclaim
<07121> (8798)

in the ears
<0241>

of the people
<05971>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Whosoever [is] fearful
<03373>

and afraid
<02730>_,

let him return
<07725> (8799)

and depart early
<06852> (8799)

from mount
<02022>

Gilead
<01568>_.

And there returned
<07725> (8799)

of the people
<05971>

twenty
<06242>

and two
<08147>

thousand
<0505>_;

and there remained
<07604> (8738)

ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>_.

7:4

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

The people
<05971>

[are] yet [too] many
<07227>_;

bring them down
<03381> (8685)

unto the water
<04325>_,

and I will try
<06884> (8799)

them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of whom I say
<0559> (8799)

unto thee, This shall go
<03212> (8799)

with thee, the same shall go
<03212> (8799)

with thee; and of whomsoever I say
<0559> (8799)

unto thee, This shall not go
<03212> (8799)

with thee, the same shall not go
<03212> (8799)_.

7:5

So he brought down
<03381> (8686)

the people
<05971>

unto the water
<04325>_:

and the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

Every one that lappeth
<03952> (8799)

of the water
<04325>

with his tongue
<03956>_,

as a dog
<03611>

lappeth
<03952> (8799)_,

him shalt thou set
<03322> (8686)

by himself; likewise every one that boweth down
<03766> (8799)

upon his knees
<01290>

to drink
<08354> (8800)_.

7:6

And the number
<04557>

of them that lapped
<03952> (8764)_,

[putting] their hand
<03027>

to their mouth
<06310>_,

were three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_:

but all the rest
<03499>

of the people
<05971>

bowed down
<03766> (8804)

upon their knees
<01290>

to drink
<08354> (8800)

water
<04325>_.

7:7

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

By the three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

that lapped
<03952> (8764)

will I save
<03467> (8686)

you, and deliver
<05414> (8804)

the Midianites
<04080>

into thine hand
<03027>_:

and let all the [other] people
<05971>

go
<03212> (8799)

every man
<0376>

unto his place
<04725>_.

7:8

So the people
<05971>

took
<03947> (8799)

victuals
<06720>

in their hand
<03027>_,

and their trumpets
<07782>_:

and he sent
<07971> (8765)

all
<0376>

[the rest of] Israel
<03478>

every man
<0376>

unto his tent
<0168>_,

and retained
<02388> (8689)

those three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_:

and the host
<04264>

of Midian
<04080>

was beneath him in the valley
<06010>_.

7:9

And it came to pass the same night
<03915>_,

that the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

get thee down
<03381> (8798)

unto the host
<04264>_;

for I have delivered
<05414> (8804)

it into thine hand
<03027>_.

7:10

But if thou fear
<03373>

to go down
<03381> (8800)_,

go
<03381> (0)

thou with Phurah
<06513>

thy servant
<05288>

down
<03381> (8798)

to the host
<04264>_:

7:11

And thou shalt hear
<08085> (8804)

what they say
<01696> (8762)_;

and afterward
<0310>

shall thine hands
<03027>

be strengthened
<02388> (8799)

to go down
<03381> (8804)

unto the host
<04264>_.

Then went he down
<03381> (8799)

with Phurah
<06513>

his servant
<05288>

unto the outside
<07097>

of the armed men
<02571>

that [were] in the host
<04264>_.

{armed men: or, ranks by five}

7:12

And the Midianites
<04080>

and the Amalekites
<06002>

and all the children
<01121>

of the east
<06924>

lay
<05307> (8802)

along in the valley
<06010>

like grasshoppers
<0697>

for multitude
<07230>_;

and their camels
<01581>

[were] without number
<04557>_,

as the sand
<02344>

by the sea
<03220>

side
<08193>

for multitude
<07230>_.

7:13

And when Gideon
<01439>

was come
<0935> (8799)_,

behold, [there was] a man
<0376>

that told
<05608> (8764)

a dream
<02472>

unto his fellow
<07453>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, I dreamed
<02492> (8804)

a dream
<02472>_,

and, lo, a cake
<06742> (8675) <06742>

of barley
<08184>

bread
<03899>

tumbled
<02015> (8693)

into the host
<04264>

of Midian
<04080>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

unto a tent
<0168>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

it that it fell
<05307> (8799)_,

and overturned
<02015> (8799) <04605>

it, that the tent
<0168>

lay along
<05307> (8804)_.

7:14

And his fellow
<07453>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

This [is] nothing else save the sword
<02719>

of Gideon
<01439>

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>_,

a man
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_:

[for] into his hand
<03027>

hath God
<0430>

delivered
<05414> (8804)

Midian
<04080>_,

and all the host
<04264>_.

7:15

And it was [so], when Gideon
<01439>

heard
<08085> (8800)

the telling
<04557>

of the dream
<02472>_,

and the interpretation
<07667>

thereof, that he worshipped
<07812> (8691)_,

and returned
<07725> (8799)

into the host
<04264>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Arise
<06965> (8798)_;

for the LORD
<03068>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

into your hand
<03027>

the host
<04264>

of Midian
<04080>_.

{interpretation: Heb. breaking}

7:16

And he divided
<02673> (8799)

the three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

[into] three
<07969>

companies
<07218>_,

and he put
<05414> (8799)

a trumpet
<07782>

in every man's hand
<03027>_,

with empty
<07386>

pitchers
<03537>_,

and lamps
<03940>

within
<08432>

the pitchers
<03537>_.

{a trumpet...: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them} {lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches}

7:17

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Look
<07200> (8799)

on me, and do
<06213> (8799)

likewise: and, behold, when I come
<0935> (8802)

to the outside
<07097>

of the camp
<04264>_,

it shall be [that], as I do
<06213> (8799)_,

so shall ye do
<06213> (8799)_.

7:18

When I blow
<08628> (8804)

with a trumpet
<07782>_,

I and all that [are] with me, then blow
<08628> (8804)

ye the trumpets
<07782>

also on every side
<05439>

of all the camp
<04264>_,

and say
<0559> (8804)_,

[The sword] of the LORD
<03068>_,

and of Gideon
<01439>_.

7:19

So Gideon
<01439>_,

and the hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

that [were] with him, came
<0935> (8799)

unto the outside
<07097>

of the camp
<04264>

in the beginning
<07218>

of the middle
<08484>

watch
<0821>_;

and they had but
<0389>

newly
<06965> (8687)

set
<06965> (8689)

the watch
<08104> (8802)_:

and they blew
<08628> (8799)

the trumpets
<07782>_,

and brake
<05310> (8800)

the pitchers
<03537>

that [were] in their hands
<03027>_.

7:20

And the three
<07969>

companies
<07218>

blew
<08628> (8799)

the trumpets
<07782>_,

and brake
<07665> (8799)

the pitchers
<03537>_,

and held
<02388> (8686)

the lamps
<03940>

in their left
<08040>

hands
<03027>_,

and the trumpets
<07782>

in their right
<03225>

hands
<03027>

to blow
<08628> (8800)

[withal]: and they cried
<07121> (8799)_,

The sword
<02719>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and of Gideon
<01439>_.

7:21

And they stood
<05975> (8799)

every man
<0376>

in his place round about
<05439>

the camp
<04264>_:

and all the host
<04264>

ran
<07323> (8799)_,

and cried
<07321> (8686)_,

and fled
<05127> (8799) (8675) <05127> (8686)_.

7:22

And the three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

blew
<08628> (8799)

the trumpets
<07782>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

set
<07760> (8799)

every man's
<0376>

sword
<02719>

against his fellow
<07453>_,

even throughout all the host
<04264>_:

and the host
<04264>

fled
<05127> (8799)

to Bethshittah
<01029>

in Zererath
<06888>_,

[and] to the border
<08193>

of Abelmeholah
<065>_,

unto Tabbath
<02888>_.

{in: or, toward} {border: Heb. lip}

7:23

And the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

gathered themselves together
<06817> (8735)

out of Naphtali
<05321>_,

and out of Asher
<0836>_,

and out of all Manasseh
<04519>_,

and pursued
<07291> (8799)

after
<0310>

the Midianites
<04080>_.

7:24

And Gideon
<01439>

sent
<07971> (8804)

messengers
<04397>

throughout all mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Come down
<03381> (8798)

against
<07125> (8800)

the Midianites
<04080>_,

and take
<03920> (8798)

before them the waters
<04325>

unto Bethbarah
<01012>

and Jordan
<03383>_.

Then all the men
<0376>

of Ephraim
<0669>

gathered themselves together
<06817> (8735)_,

and took
<03920> (8799)

the waters
<04325>

unto Bethbarah
<01012>

and Jordan
<03383>_.

7:25

And they took
<03920> (8799)

two
<08147>

princes
<08269>

of the Midianites
<04080>_,

Oreb
<06159>

and Zeeb
<02062>_;

and they slew
<02026> (8799)

Oreb
<06159>

upon the rock
<06697>

Oreb
<06159>_,

and Zeeb
<02062>

they slew
<02026> (8804)

at the winepress
<03342>

of Zeeb
<02062>_,

and pursued
<07291> (8799)

Midian
<04080>_,

and brought
<0935> (8689)

the heads
<07218>

of Oreb
<06159>

and Zeeb
<02062>

to Gideon
<01439>

on the other side
<05676>

Jordan
<03383>_.

8:1

And the men
<0376>

of Ephraim
<0669>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Why hast thou
<04100>

served
<06213> (8804)

us thus
<01697>_,

that thou calledst
<07121> (8800)

us not, when thou wentest
<01980> (8804)

to fight
<03898> (8736)

with the Midianites
<04080>_?

And they did chide
<07378> (8799)

with him sharply
<02394>_.

{Why...: Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us} {sharply: Heb. strongly}

8:2

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, What have I done
<06213> (8804)

now in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning
<05955>

of the grapes of Ephraim
<0669>

better
<02896>

than the vintage
<01210>

of Abiezer
<044>_?

8:3

God
<0430>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

into your hands
<03027>

the princes
<08269>

of Midian
<04080>_,

Oreb
<06159>

and Zeeb
<02062>_:

and what was I able
<03201> (8804)

to do
<06213> (8800)

in comparison of you? Then their anger
<07307>

was abated
<07503> (8804)

toward him, when he had said
<01697>

that
<01696> (8763)_.

{anger: Heb. spirit}

8:4

And Gideon
<01439>

came
<0935> (8799)

to Jordan
<03383>_,

[and] passed over
<05674> (8802)_,

he, and the three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

that [were] with him, faint
<05889>_,

yet pursuing
<07291> (8802)

[them].

8:5

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto the men
<0582>

of Succoth
<05523>_,

Give
<05414> (8798)_,

I pray you, loaves
<03603>

of bread
<03899>

unto the people
<05971>

that follow
<07272>

me; for they [be] faint
<05889>_,

and I am pursuing
<07291> (8802)

after
<0310>

Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>_,

kings
<04428>

of Midian
<04080>_.

8:6

And the princes
<08269>

of Succoth
<05523>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

[Are] the hands
<03709>

of Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>

now in thine hand
<03027>_,

that we should give
<05414> (8799)

bread
<03899>

unto thine army
<06635>_?

8:7

And Gideon
<01439>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Therefore when the LORD
<03068>

hath delivered
<05414> (8800)

Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>

into mine hand
<03027>_,

then I will tear
<01758> (8804)

your flesh
<01320>

with the thorns
<06975>

of the wilderness
<04057>

and with briers
<01303>_.

{tear: Heb. thresh}

8:8

And he went up
<05927> (8799)

thence to Penuel
<06439>_,

and spake
<01696> (8762)

unto them likewise
<02063>_:

and the men
<0582>

of Penuel
<06439>

answered
<06030> (8799)

him as the men
<0582>

of Succoth
<05523>

had answered
<06030> (8804)

[him].

8:9

And he spake
<0559> (8799)

also unto the men
<0582>

of Penuel
<06439>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

When I come again
<07725> (8800)

in peace
<07965>_,

I will break down
<05422> (8799)

this tower
<04026>_.

8:10

Now Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>

[were] in Karkor
<07174>_,

and their hosts
<04264>

with them, about fifteen
<02568> <06240>

thousand
<0505>

[men], all that were left
<03498> (8737)

of all the hosts
<04264>

of the children
<01121>

of the east
<06924>_:

for there fell
<05307> (8802)

an hundred
<03967>

and twenty
<06242>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

that drew
<08025> (8802)

sword
<02719>_.

{men that...: or, every one drawing a sword}

8:11

And Gideon
<01439>

went up
<05927> (8799)

by the way
<01870>

of them that dwelt
<07931> (8803)

in tents
<0168>

on the east
<06924>

of Nobah
<05025>

and Jogbehah
<03011>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

the host
<04264>_:

for the host
<04264>

was secure
<0983>_.

8:12

And when Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>

fled
<05127> (8799)_,

he pursued
<07291> (8799)

after
<0310>

them, and took
<03920> (8799)

the two
<08147>

kings
<04428>

of Midian
<04080>_,

Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>_,

and discomfited
<02729> (8689)

all the host
<04264>_.

{discomfited: Heb. terrified}

8:13

And Gideon
<01439>

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>

returned
<07725> (8799)

from battle
<04421>

before
<04608>

the sun
<02775>

[was up],

8:14

And caught
<03920> (8799)

a young man
<05288>

of the men
<0582>

of Succoth
<05523>_,

and enquired
<07592> (8799)

of him: and he described
<03789> (8799)

unto him the princes
<08269>

of Succoth
<05523>_,

and the elders
<02205>

thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen
<07657> <07651>

men
<0376>_.

{described: Heb. writ}

8:15

And he came
<0935> (8799)

unto the men
<0582>

of Succoth
<05523>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>_,

with whom ye did upbraid
<02778> (8765)

me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

[Are] the hands
<03709>

of Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>

now in thine hand
<03027>_,

that we should give
<05414> (8799)

bread
<03899>

unto thy men
<0582>

[that are] weary
<03287>_?

8:16

And he took
<03947> (8799)

the elders
<02205>

of the city
<05892>_,

and thorns
<06975>

of the wilderness
<04057>

and briers
<01303>_,

and with them he taught
<03045> (8686)

the men
<0582>

of Succoth
<05523>_.

{taught: Heb. made to know}

8:17

And he beat down
<05422> (8804)

the tower
<04026>

of Penuel
<06439>_,

and slew
<02026> (8799)

the men
<0582>

of the city
<05892>_.

8:18

Then said
<0559> (8799)

he unto Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>_,

What
<0375>

manner of men
<0582>

[were they] whom ye slew
<02026> (8804)

at Tabor
<08396>_?

And they answered
<0559> (8799)_,

As thou
<03644>

[art], so [were] they; each one
<0259>

resembled
<08389>

the children
<01121>

of a king
<04428>_.

{resembled...: Heb. according to the form, etc}

8:19

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

They [were] my brethren
<0251>_,

[even] the sons
<01121>

of my mother
<0517>_:

[as] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

if
<03863>

ye had saved them alive
<02421> (8689)_,

I would not slay
<02026> (8804)

you.

8:20

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jether
<03500>

his firstborn
<01060>_,

Up
<06965> (8798)_,

[and] slay
<02026> (8798)

them. But the youth
<05288>

drew
<08025> (8804)

not his sword
<02719>_:

for he feared
<03372> (8804)_,

because he [was] yet a youth
<05288>_.

8:21

Then Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Rise
<06965> (8798)

thou, and fall
<06293> (8798)

upon us: for as the man
<0376>

[is, so is] his strength
<01369>_.

And Gideon
<01439>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and slew
<02026> (8799)

Zebah
<02078>

and Zalmunna
<06759>_,

and took away
<03947> (8799)

the ornaments
<07720>

that [were] on their camels
<01581>_'

necks
<06677>_.

{ornaments: or, ornaments like the moon}

8:22

Then the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

Rule
<04910> (8798)

thou over us, both thou, and thy son
<01121>_,

and thy son's
<01121>

son
<01121>

also: for thou hast delivered
<03467> (8689)

us from the hand
<03027>

of Midian
<04080>_.

8:23

And Gideon
<01439>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, I will not rule
<04910> (8799)

over you, neither shall my son
<01121>

rule
<04910> (8799)

over you: the LORD
<03068>

shall rule
<04910> (8799)

over you.

8:24

And Gideon
<01439>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, I would desire
<07592> (8799)

a request
<07596>

of you, that ye would give
<05414> (8798)

me every man
<0376>

the earrings
<05141>

of his prey
<07998>_.

(For they had golden
<02091>

earrings
<05141>_,

because they [were] Ishmaelites
<03459>.)

8:25

And they answered
<0559> (8799)_,

We will willingly
<05414> (8800)

give
<05414> (8799)

[them]. And they spread
<06566> (8799)

a garment
<08071>_,

and did cast
<07993> (8686)

therein every man
<0376>

the earrings
<05141>

of his prey
<07998>_.

8:26

And the weight
<04948>

of the golden
<02091>

earrings
<05141>

that he requested
<07592> (8804)

was a thousand
<0505>

and seven
<07651>

hundred
<03967>

[shekels] of gold
<02091>_;

beside ornaments
<07720>_,

and collars
<05188>_,

and purple
<0713>

raiment
<0899>

that [was] on the kings
<04428>

of Midian
<04080>_,

and beside the chains
<06060>

that [were] about their camels
<01581>_'

necks
<06677>_.

{collars: or, sweet jewels}

8:27

And Gideon
<01439>

made
<06213> (8799)

an ephod
<0646>

thereof, and put
<03322> (8686)

it in his city
<05892>_,

[even] in Ophrah
<06084>_:

and all Israel
<03478>

went thither a whoring
<02181> (8799)

after
<0310>

it: which thing became a snare
<04170>

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

and to his house
<01004>_.

8:28

Thus was Midian
<04080>

subdued
<03665> (8735)

before
<06440>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

so that they lifted up
<05375> (8800)

their heads
<07218>

no more
<03254> (8804)_.

And the country
<0776>

was in quietness
<08252> (8799)

forty
<0705>

years
<08141>

in the days
<03117>

of Gideon
<01439>_.

8:29

And Jerubbaal
<03378>

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>

went
<03212> (8799)

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

in his own house
<01004>_.

8:30

And Gideon
<01439>

had threescore and ten
<07657>

sons
<01121>

of his body
<03409>

begotten
<03318> (8802)_:

for he had many
<07227>

wives
<0802>_.

{of his...: Heb. going out of his thigh}

8:31

And his concubine
<06370>

that [was] in Shechem
<07927>_,

she also bare
<03205> (8804)

him a son
<01121>_,

whose name
<08034>

he called
<07760> (8799)

Abimelech
<040>_.

{called: Heb. set}

8:32

And Gideon
<01439>

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>

died
<04191> (8799)

in a good
<02896>

old age
<07872>_,

and was buried
<06912> (8735)

in the sepulchre
<06913>

of Joash
<03101>

his father
<01>_,

in Ophrah
<06084>

of the Abiezrites
<033>_.

8:33

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon
<01439>

was dead
<04191> (8804)_,

that the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

turned again
<07725> (8799)_,

and went a whoring
<02181> (8799)

after
<0310>

Baalim
<01168>_,

and made
<07760> (8799)

Baalberith
<01170>

their god
<0430>_.

8:34

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

remembered
<02142> (8804)

not the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

who had delivered
<05337> (8688)

them out of the hands
<03027>

of all their enemies
<0341> (8802)

on every side
<05439>_:

8:35

Neither shewed
<06213> (8804)

they kindness
<02617>

to the house
<01004>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

[namely], Gideon
<01439>_,

according to all the goodness
<02896>

which he had shewed
<06213> (8804)

unto Israel
<03478>_.

9:1

And Abimelech
<040>

the son
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>

went
<03212> (8799)

to Shechem
<07927>

unto his mother's
<0517>

brethren
<0251>_,

and communed
<01696> (8762)

with them, and with all the family
<04940>

of the house
<01004>

of his mother's
<0517>

father
<01>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

9:2

Speak
<01696> (8761)_,

I pray you, in the ears
<0241>

of all the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

Whether [is] better
<02896>

for you, either that all the sons
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

[which are] threescore and ten
<07657>

persons
<0376>_,

reign
<04910> (8800)

over you, or that one
<0259>

reign
<04910> (8800)

over you? remember
<02142> (8804)

also that I [am] your bone
<06106>

and your flesh
<01320>_.

{Whether...: Heb. What is good? whether, etc}

9:3

And his mother's
<0517>

brethren
<0251>

spake
<01696> (8762)

of him in the ears
<0241>

of all the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

all these words
<01697>_:

and their hearts
<03820>

inclined
<05186> (8799)

to follow
<0310>

Abimelech
<040>_;

for they said
<0559> (8804)_,

He [is] our brother
<0251>_.

{to follow: Heb. after}

9:4

And they gave
<05414> (8799)

him threescore and ten
<07657>

[pieces] of silver
<03701>

out of the house
<01004>

of Baalberith
<01170>_,

wherewith Abimelech
<040>

hired
<07936> (8799)

vain
<07386>

and light
<06348> (8802)

persons
<0582>_,

which followed
<03212> (8799)

him
<0310>_.

9:5

And he went
<0935> (8799)

unto his father's
<01>

house
<01004>

at Ophrah
<06084>_,

and slew
<02026> (8799)

his brethren
<0251>

the sons
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

[being] threescore and ten
<07657>

persons
<0376>_,

upon one
<0259>

stone
<068>_:

notwithstanding yet Jotham
<03147>

the youngest
<06996>

son
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>

was left
<03498> (8735)_;

for he hid
<02244> (8738)

himself.

9:6

And all the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

gathered together
<0622> (8735)_,

and all the house
<01004>

of Millo
<04407> (8677) <01037>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)_,

and made
<04427> (8686)

Abimelech
<040>

king
<04428>_,

by the plain
<0436>

of the pillar
<05324> (8716)

that [was] in Shechem
<07927>_.

{plain: or, oak}

9:7

And when they told
<05046> (8686)

[it] to Jotham
<03147>_,

he went
<03212> (8799)

and stood
<05975> (8799)

in the top
<07218>

of mount
<02022>

Gerizim
<01630>_,

and lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his voice
<06963>_,

and cried
<07121> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto me, ye men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

that God
<0430>

may hearken
<08085> (8799)

unto you.

9:8

The trees
<06086>

went forth
<01980> (8804) (8676) <01980> (8800)

[on a time] to anoint
<04886> (8800)

a king
<04428>

over them; and they said
<0559> (8799)

unto the olive tree
<02132>_,

Reign
<04427> (8798)

thou over us.

9:9

But the olive tree
<02132>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Should I leave
<02308> (8804)

my fatness
<01880>_,

wherewith by me they honour
<03513> (8762)

God
<0430>

and man
<0582>_,

and go
<01980> (8804)

to be promoted
<05128> (8800)

over the trees
<06086>_?

{go...: or, go up and down for other trees}

9:10

And the trees
<06086>

said
<0559> (8799)

to the fig tree
<08384>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)

thou, [and] reign
<04427> (8798)

over us.

9:11

But the fig tree
<08384>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Should I forsake
<02308> (8804)

my sweetness
<04987>_,

and my good
<02896>

fruit
<08570>_,

and go
<01980> (8804)

to be promoted
<05128> (8800)

over the trees
<06086>_?

9:12

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the trees
<06086>

unto the vine
<01612>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)

thou, [and] reign
<04427> (8798)

over us.

9:13

And the vine
<01612>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Should I leave
<02308> (8804)

my wine
<08492>_,

which cheereth
<08055> (8764)

God
<0430>

and man
<0582>_,

and go
<01980> (8804)

to be promoted
<05128> (8800)

over the trees
<06086>_?

9:14

Then said
<0559> (8799)

all the trees
<06086>

unto the bramble
<0329>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)

thou, [and] reign
<04427> (8798)

over us. {bramble: or, thistle}

9:15

And the bramble
<0329>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the trees
<06086>_,

If in truth
<0571>

ye anoint
<04886> (8802)

me king
<04428>

over you, [then] come
<0935> (8798)

[and] put your trust
<02620> (8798)

in my shadow
<06738>_:

and if not, let fire
<0784>

come out
<03318> (8799)

of the bramble
<0329>_,

and devour
<0398> (8799)

the cedars
<0730>

of Lebanon
<03844>_.

9:16

Now therefore, if ye have done
<06213> (8804)

truly
<0571>

and sincerely
<08549>_,

in that ye have made Abimelech
<040>

king
<04427> (8686)_,

and if ye have dealt
<06213> (8804)

well
<02896>

with Jerubbaal
<03378>

and his house
<01004>_,

and have done
<06213> (8804)

unto him according to the deserving
<01576>

of his hands
<03027>_;

9:17

(For my father
<01>

fought
<03898> (8738)

for you, and adventured
<07993> (8686)

his life
<05315>

far
<05048>_,

and delivered
<05337> (8686)

you out of the hand
<03027>

of Midian
<04080>_:

{adventured...: Heb. cast his life}

9:18

And ye are risen up
<06965> (8804)

against my father's
<01>

house
<01004>

this day
<03117>_,

and have slain
<02026> (8799)

his sons
<01121>_,

threescore and ten
<07657>

persons
<0376>_,

upon one
<0259>

stone
<068>_,

and have made Abimelech
<040>_,

the son
<01121>

of his maidservant
<0519>_,

king
<04427> (8686)

over the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

because he [is] your brother
<0251>;)

9:19

If ye then have dealt
<06213> (8804)

truly
<0571>

and sincerely
<08549>

with Jerubbaal
<03378>

and with his house
<01004>

this day
<03117>_,

[then] rejoice
<08055> (8798)

ye in Abimelech
<040>_,

and let him also rejoice
<08055> (8799)

in you:

9:20

But if not, let fire
<0784>

come out
<03318> (8799)

from Abimelech
<040>_,

and devour
<0398> (8799)

the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

and the house
<01004>

of Millo
<04407> (8677) <01037>_;

and let fire
<0784>

come out
<03318> (8799)

from the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

and from the house
<01004>

of Millo
<04407> (8676) <01037>_,

and devour
<0398> (8799)

Abimelech
<040>_.

9:21

And Jotham
<03147>

ran away
<01272> (8799)_,

and fled
<05127> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to Beer
<0876>_,

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

there, for fear
<06440>

of Abimelech
<040>

his brother
<0251>_.

9:22

When Abimelech
<040>

had reigned
<07786> (8799)

three
<07969>

years
<08141>

over Israel
<03478>_,

9:23

Then God
<0430>

sent
<07971> (8799)

an evil
<07451>

spirit
<07307>

between Abimelech
<040>

and the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_;

and the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

dealt treacherously
<0898> (8799)

with Abimelech
<040>_:

9:24

That the cruelty
<02555>

[done] to the threescore and ten
<07657>

sons
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>

might come
<0935> (8800)_,

and their blood
<01818>

be laid
<07760> (8800)

upon Abimelech
<040>

their brother
<0251>_,

which slew
<02026> (8804)

them; and upon the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

which aided
<02388> (8765) <03027>

him in the killing
<02026> (8800)

of his brethren
<0251>_.

{aided...: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill}

9:25

And the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

set
<07760> (8799)

liers in wait
<0693> (8764)

for him in the top
<07218>

of the mountains
<02022>_,

and they robbed
<01497> (8799)

all that came
<05674> (8799)

along that way
<01870>

by them: and it was told
<05046> (8714)

Abimelech
<040>_.

9:26

And Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>

came
<0935> (8799)

with his brethren
<0251>_,

and went over
<05674> (8799)

to Shechem
<07927>_:

and the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

put their confidence
<0982> (8799)

in him.

9:27

And they went out
<03318> (8799)

into the fields
<07704>_,

and gathered
<01219> (8799)

their vineyards
<03754>_,

and trode
<01869> (8799)

[the grapes], and made
<06213> (8799)

merry
<01974>_,

and went
<0935> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

of their god
<0430>_,

and did eat
<0398> (8799)

and drink
<08354> (8799)_,

and cursed
<07043> (8762)

Abimelech
<040>_.

{merry: or, songs}

9:28

And Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is] Abimelech
<040>_,

and who [is] Shechem
<07927>_,

that we should serve
<05647> (8799)

him? [is] not [he] the son
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>_?

and Zebul
<02083>

his officer
<06496>_?

serve
<05647> (8798)

the men
<0582>

of Hamor
<02544>

the father
<01>

of Shechem
<07927>_:

for why should we serve
<05647> (8799)

him?

9:29

And would to God this people
<05971>

were under
<05414> (8799)

my hand
<03027>_!

then would I remove
<05493> (8686)

Abimelech
<040>_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)

to Abimelech
<040>_,

Increase
<07235> (8761)

thine army
<06635>_,

and come out
<03318> (8798)_.

9:30

And when Zebul
<02083>

the ruler
<08269>

of the city
<05892>

heard
<08085> (8799)

the words
<01697>

of Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>_,

his anger
<0639>

was kindled
<02734> (8799)_.

{kindled: or, hot}

9:31

And he sent
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

unto Abimelech
<040>

privily
<08649>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>

and his brethren
<0251>

be come
<0935> (8802)

to Shechem
<07927>_;

and, behold, they fortify
<06696> (8802)

the city
<05892>

against thee. {privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah}

9:32

Now therefore up
<06965> (8798)

by night
<03915>_,

thou and the people
<05971>

that [is] with thee, and lie in wait
<0693> (8798)

in the field
<07704>_:

9:33

And it shall be, [that] in the morning
<01242>_,

as soon as the sun
<08121>

is up
<02224> (8800)_,

thou shalt rise early
<07925> (8686)_,

and set
<06584> (8804)

upon the city
<05892>_:

and, behold, [when] he and the people
<05971>

that [is] with him come out
<03318> (8802)

against thee, then mayest thou do
<06213> (8804)

to them as thou
<03027>

shalt find occasion
<04672> (8799)_.

{as thou shalt...: Heb. as thine hand shall find}

9:34

And Abimelech
<040>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, by night
<03915>_,

and they laid wait
<0693> (8799)

against Shechem
<07927>

in four
<0702>

companies
<07218>_.

9:35

And Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>

went out
<03318> (8799)_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

in the entering
<06607>

of the gate
<08179>

of the city
<05892>_:

and Abimelech
<040>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, from lying in wait
<03993>_.

9:36

And when Gaal
<01603>

saw
<07200> (8799)

the people
<05971>_,

he said
<0559> (8799)

to Zebul
<02083>_,

Behold, there come
<03381> (0)

people
<05971>

down
<03381> (8802)

from the top
<07218>

of the mountains
<02022>_.

And Zebul
<02083>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thou seest
<07200> (8802)

the shadow
<06738>

of the mountains
<02022>

as [if they were] men
<0582>_.

9:37

And Gaal
<01603>

spake
<01696> (8763)

again
<03254> (8686)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

See there come
<03381> (0)

people
<05971>

down
<03381> (8802)

by the middle
<02872>

of the land
<0776>_,

and another
<0259>

company
<07218>

come
<0935> (8804)

along by the plain
<0436>

of
<01870>

Meonenim
<06049> (8781)_.

{middle: Heb. navel} {Meonenim: or, the regarders of times}

9:38

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Zebul
<02083>

unto him, Where [is] now
<0645>

thy mouth
<06310>_,

wherewith thou saidst
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is] Abimelech
<040>_,

that we should serve
<05647> (8799)

him? [is] not this the people
<05971>

that thou hast despised
<03988> (8804)_?

go out
<03318> (8798)_,

I pray now
<04994>_,

and fight
<03898> (8734)

with them.

9:39

And Gaal
<01603>

went out
<03318> (8799)

before
<06440>

the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

and fought
<03898> (8735)

with Abimelech
<040>_.

9:40

And Abimelech
<040>

chased
<07291> (8799)

him, and he fled
<05127> (8799)

before
<06440>

him, and many
<07227>

were overthrown
<05307> (8799)

[and] wounded
<02491>_,

[even] unto the entering
<06607>

of the gate
<08179>_.

9:41

And Abimelech
<040>

dwelt
<03427> (8799)

at Arumah
<0725>_:

and Zebul
<02083>

thrust out
<01644> (8762)

Gaal
<01603>

and his brethren
<0251>_,

that they should not dwell
<03427> (8800)

in Shechem
<07927>_.

9:42

And it came to pass on the morrow
<04283>_,

that the people
<05971>

went out
<03318> (8799)

into the field
<07704>_;

and they told
<05046> (8686)

Abimelech
<040>_.

9:43

And he took
<03947> (8799)

the people
<05971>_,

and divided
<02673> (8799)

them into three
<07969>

companies
<07218>_,

and laid wait
<0693> (8799)

in the field
<07704>_,

and looked
<07200> (8799)_,

and, behold, the people
<05971>

[were] come forth
<03318> (8802)

out of the city
<05892>_;

and he rose up
<06965> (8799)

against them, and smote
<05221> (8686)

them.

9:44

And Abimelech
<040>_,

and the company
<07218>

that [was] with him, rushed forward
<06584> (8804)_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

in the entering
<06607>

of the gate
<08179>

of the city
<05892>_:

and the two
<08147>

[other] companies
<07218>

ran upon
<06584> (8804)

all [the people] that [were] in the fields
<07704>_,

and slew
<05221> (8686)

them.

9:45

And Abimelech
<040>

fought
<03898> (8738)

against the city
<05892>

all that day
<03117>_;

and he took
<03920> (8799)

the city
<05892>_,

and slew
<02026> (8804)

the people
<05971>

that [was] therein, and beat down
<05422> (8799)

the city
<05892>_,

and sowed
<02232> (8799)

it with salt
<04417>_.

9:46

And when all the men
<01167>

of the tower
<04026>

of Shechem
<07927>

heard
<08085> (8799)

[that], they entered
<0935> (8799)

into an hold
<06877>

of the house
<01004>

of the god
<0410>

Berith
<01286>_.

9:47

And it was told
<05046> (8714)

Abimelech
<040>_,

that all the men
<01167>

of the tower
<04026>

of Shechem
<07927>

were gathered together
<06908> (8694)_.

9:48

And Abimelech
<040>

gat him up
<05927> (8799)

to mount
<02022>

Zalmon
<06756>_,

he and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with him; and Abimelech
<040>

took
<03947> (8799)

an axe
<07134>

in his hand
<03027>_,

and cut down
<03772> (8799)

a bough
<07754>

from the trees
<06086>_,

and took
<05375> (8799)

it, and laid
<07760> (8799)

[it] on his shoulder
<07926>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, What ye have seen
<07200> (8804)

me do
<06213> (8804)_,

make haste
<04116> (8761)_,

[and] do
<06213> (8798)

as I
<03644>

[have done]. {me do: Heb. I have done}

9:49

And all the people
<05971>

likewise cut down
<03772> (8799)

every man
<0376>

his bough
<07754>_,

and followed
<03212> (8799) <0310>

Abimelech
<040>_,

and put
<07760> (8799)

[them] to the hold
<06877>_,

and set
<03341> (8686)

the hold
<06877>

on fire
<0784>

upon them; so that all the men
<0582>

of the tower
<04026>

of Shechem
<07927>

died
<04191> (8799)

also, about a thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

and women
<0802>_.

9:50

Then went
<03212> (8799)

Abimelech
<040>

to Thebez
<08405>_,

and encamped
<02583> (8799)

against Thebez
<08405>_,

and took
<03920> (8799)

it.

9:51

But there was a strong
<05797>

tower
<04026>

within
<08432>

the city
<05892>_,

and thither fled
<05127> (8799)

all the men
<0582>

and women
<0802>_,

and all they
<01167>

of the city
<05892>_,

and shut
<05462> (8799)

[it] to them, and gat them up
<05927> (8799)

to the top
<01406>

of the tower
<04026>_.

9:52

And Abimelech
<040>

came
<0935> (8799)

unto the tower
<04026>_,

and fought
<03898> (8735)

against it, and went hard
<05066> (8799)

unto the door
<06607>

of the tower
<04026>

to burn
<08313> (8800)

it with fire
<0784>_.

9:53

And a certain
<0259>

woman
<0802>

cast
<07993> (8686)

a piece
<06400>

of a millstone
<07393>

upon Abimelech's
<040>

head
<07218>_,

and all to brake
<07533> (8686)

his skull
<01538>_.

9:54

Then he called
<07121> (8799)

hastily
<04120>

unto the young man
<05288>

his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Draw
<08025> (8798)

thy sword
<02719>_,

and slay
<04191> (8786)

me, that men say
<0559> (8799)

not of me, A woman
<0802>

slew
<02026> (8804)

him. And his young man
<05288>

thrust him through
<01856> (8799)_,

and he died
<04191> (8799)_.

9:55

And when the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that Abimelech
<040>

was dead
<04191> (8804)_,

they departed
<03212> (8799)

every man
<0376>

unto his place
<04725>_.

9:56

Thus God
<0430>

rendered
<07725> (8686)

the wickedness
<07451>

of Abimelech
<040>_,

which he did
<06213> (8804)

unto his father
<01>_,

in slaying
<02026> (8800)

his seventy
<07657>

brethren
<0251>_:

9:57

And all the evil
<07451>

of the men
<0582>

of Shechem
<07927>

did God
<0430>

render
<07725> (8689)

upon their heads
<07218>_:

and upon them came
<0935> (8799)

the curse
<07045>

of Jotham
<03147>

the son
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>_.

10:1

And after
<0310>

Abimelech
<040>

there arose
<06965> (8799)

to defend
<03467> (8687)

Israel
<03478>

Tola
<08439>

the son
<01121>

of Puah
<06312>_,

the son
<01121>

of Dodo
<01734>_,

a man
<0376>

of Issachar
<03485>_;

and he dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in Shamir
<08069>

in mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_.

{defend: or, deliver: Heb. save}

10:2

And he judged
<08199> (8799)

Israel
<03478>

twenty
<06242>

and three
<07969>

years
<08141>_,

and died
<04191> (8799)_,

and was buried
<06912> (8735)

in Shamir
<08069>_.

10:3

And after
<0310>

him arose
<06965> (8799)

Jair
<02971>_,

a Gileadite
<01569>_,

and judged
<08199> (8799)

Israel
<03478>

twenty
<06242>

and two
<08147>

years
<08141>_.

10:4

And he had thirty
<07970>

sons
<01121>

that rode
<07392> (8802)

on thirty
<07970>

ass colts
<05895>_,

and they had thirty
<07970>

cities
<05892>_,

which are called
<07121> (8799)

Havothjair
<02334>

unto this day
<03117>_,

which [are] in the land
<0776>

of Gilead
<01568>_.

{Havothjair: or, the villages of Jair}

10:5

And Jair
<02971>

died
<04191> (8799)_,

and was buried
<06912> (8735)

in Camon
<07056>_.