<p class="bodytext">The men of Judah attacked,<n id="1" /> and the <sc>Lordsc> handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek.

Three hundred men lapped;<n id="1" /> the rest of the men<n id="2" /> kneeled to drink water.

The <sc>Lordsc> said to Gideon, &#8220;You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you.<n id="1" /> Israel might brag,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Our own strength has delivered us.&#8217;<n id="3" />

The men<n id="1" /> who were chosen<n id="2" /> took supplies<n id="3" /> and their trumpets. Gideon<n id="4" /> sent all the men of Israel back to their homes;<n id="5" /> he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites<n id="6" /> were camped down below<n id="7" /> in the valley.p>

<p class="bodytext">Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp<n id="1" /> at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying.<n id="2" />

They said to him, &#8220;We promise!<n id="1" /> We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you.&#8221; They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff.

When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret,<n id="1" /> she sent for<n id="2" /> the rulers of the Philistines, saying, &#8220;Come up here again, for he has told me<n id="3" /> his secret.&#8221;<n id="4" /> So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.