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Judges 6:1--9:57

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>_.
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}
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;
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}
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.
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>_.
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>_,
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}
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>_;
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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?
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}
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>_.
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.
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}
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}
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.
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>_.
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>_.
And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Peace
<07965>
[be] unto thee; fear
<03372> (8799)
not: thou shalt not die
<04191> (8799)_.
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}
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}
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}
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>_.
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)_.
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>_.
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.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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}
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}
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)_,
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)_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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.
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>_.
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)_.
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)_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_:
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}
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>_.
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)_.
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>_.
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}
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}
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)_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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)_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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>_?
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}
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].
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>_.
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>_?
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}
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].
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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}
And Gideon
<01439>
the son
<01121>
of Joash
<03101>
returned
<07725> (8799)
from battle
<04421>
before
<04608>
the sun
<02775>
[was up],
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}
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>_?
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}
And he beat down
<05422> (8804)
the tower
<04026>
of Penuel
<06439>_,
and slew
<02026> (8799)
the men
<0582>
of the city
<05892>_.
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}
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.
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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.
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>.)
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>_.
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}
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>_.
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>_.
And Jerubbaal
<03378>
the son
<01121>
of Joash
<03101>
went
<03212> (8799)
and dwelt
<03427> (8799)
in his own house
<01004>_.
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}
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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>_:
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>_.
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)_,
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}
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}
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>_.
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.
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}
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.
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.
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}
And the trees
<06086>
said
<0559> (8799)
to the fig tree
<08384>_,
Come
<03212> (8798)
thou, [and] reign
<04427> (8798)
over us.
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>_?
Then said
<0559> (8799)
the trees
<06086>
unto the vine
<01612>_,
Come
<03212> (8798)
thou, [and] reign
<04427> (8798)
over us.
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>_?
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}
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>_.
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>_;
(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}
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>;)
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:
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>_.
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>_.
When Abimelech
<040>
had reigned
<07786> (8799)
three
<07969>
years
<08141>
over Israel
<03478>_,
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>_:
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}
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>_.
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.
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}
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?
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)_.
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}
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}
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>_:
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}
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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}
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.
And Gaal
<01603>
went out
<03318> (8799)
before
<06440>
the men
<01167>
of Shechem
<07927>_,
and fought
<03898> (8735)
with Abimelech
<040>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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.
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.
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>_.
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>_.
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)_.
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}
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>_.
Then went
<03212> (8799)
Abimelech
<040>
to Thebez
<08405>_,
and encamped
<02583> (8799)
against Thebez
<08405>_,
and took
<03920> (8799)
it.
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>_.
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>_.
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>_.
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)_.
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>_.
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>_:
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>_.


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