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Judges 7:1--8:35

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>_.