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Judges 8 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - He said to them, "Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim's leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer's harvest!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?" When he said this, they calmed down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - He said to the men of Succoth, "Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:6 - The officials of Succoth said, "You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7 - Gideon said, "Since you will not help, after the LORD hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh your skin with desert thorns and briers."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:8 - He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, "When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 - Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - Gideon went up the road of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:13 - Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - He captured a young man from Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth's officials and city leaders - seventy-seven men in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - He approached the men of Succoth and said, "Look what I have! Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying, 'You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then "threshed" the men of Succoth with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city's men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:18 - He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor." They said, "They were like you. Each one looked like a king's son."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - He said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. I swear, as surely as the LORD is alive, if you had let them live, I would not kill you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - He ordered Jether his firstborn son, "Come on! Kill them!" But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:21 - Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, "Come on, you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength." So Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22 - The men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us - you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian's power."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:23 - Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:24 - Gideon continued, "I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken." (The Midianites had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:25 - They said, "We are happy to give you earrings." So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - Gideon used all this to make an ephod, which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.

Forty Years of Peace

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites' fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon's time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:29 - Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30 - Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 - Gideon son of Joash died at a very old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:34 - The Israelites did not remain true to the LORD their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - They did not treat the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.
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Judges Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

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