My LORD’s BibleJudges 8
1And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אִישׁ אֶפְרַיִם מָה־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ לְבִלְתִּי קְרֹאות לָנוּ כִּי הָלַכְתָּ לְהִלָּחֵם בְּמִדְיָן וַיְרִיבוּן אִתֹּו בְּחָזְקָה׃ (4873)
See also: Proverbs 15:1, Judges 12:1, 2 Samuel 19:41, Job 5:2, Proverbs 15:18, James 4:5-6, 1 Samuel 24:14, 2 Samuel 19:43, Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 17:14, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Hosea 13:1
2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי עַתָּה כָּכֶם הֲלֹוא טֹוב עֹלְלֹות אֶפְרַיִם מִבְצִיר אֲבִיעֶזֶר׃ (3291)
See also: Judges 6:11, Isaiah 17:6, James 1:19-20, Leviticus 19:10, Numbers 26:30, Joshua 17:2, Judges 6:34, 1 Chronicles 7:18, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Galatians 5:14-15, Philippians 2:2-3, James 3:13-18
3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
בְּיֶדְכֶם נָתַן אֱלֹהִים אֶת־שָׂרֵי מִדְיָן אֶת־עֹרֵב וְאֶת־זְאֵב וּמַה־יָּכֹלְתִּי עֲשֹׂות כָּכֶם אָז רָפְתָה רוּחָם מֵעָלָיו בְּדַבְּרֹו הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה׃ (5689)
See also: Judges 7:25, Proverbs 15:1, Judges 7:24-25, Zechariah 6:8, Joshua 22:30, Psalms 44:3, Psalms 115:1, Psalms 118:14-16, Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 25:11, Proverbs 25:15, John 4:37, Romans 12:3, Romans 12:6, Romans 15:18-19, Philippians 2:3
4And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
וַיָּבֹא גִדְעֹון הַיַּרְדֵּנָה עֹבֵר הוּא וּשְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאֹות הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אִתֹּו עֲיֵפִים וְרֹדְפִים׃ (3567)
See also: Mark 8:3, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Galatians 6:9, 1 Samuel 14:28-29, 1 Samuel 30:10, Hebrews 11:34, Hebrews 12:1-4, Judges 9:17, Judges 15:18, 2 Samuel 16:2, 2 Samuel 17:29, Isaiah 21:14, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Genesis 25:29, Judges 7:25, 1 Samuel 14:31-32
5And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַנְשֵׁי סֻכֹּות תְּנוּ־נָא כִּכְּרֹות לֶחֶם לָעָם אֲשֶׁר בְּרַגְלָי כִּי־עֲיֵפִים הֵם וְאָנֹכִי רֹדֵף אַחֲרֵי זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן׃ (4633)
See also: Genesis 33:17, Psalms 60:6, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 47:15, Exodus 11:8, Deuteronomy 23:4, Joshua 13:27, 1 Samuel 25:18, 2 Samuel 17:28-29, Psalms 108:7, Proverbs 26:3, 3 John 1:6-8
6And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
וַיֹּאמֶר שָׂרֵי סֻכֹּות הֲכַף זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע עַתָּה בְּיָדֶךָ כִּי־נִתֵּן לִצְבָאֲךָ לָחֶם׃ (2923)
See also: 1 Samuel 25:11, Judges 8:15, 1 Kings 20:11, Philippians 2:21, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28, Judges 5:23, 1 Samuel 25:10-11, 2 Kings 14:9, Proverbs 18:23, 1 Chronicles 20:3
7And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
וַיֹּאמֶר גִּדְעֹון לָכֵן בְּתֵת יְהוָה אֶת־זֶבַח וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּע בְּיָדִי וְדַשְׁתִּי אֶת־בְּשַׂרְכֶם אֶת־קֹוצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת־הַבַּרְקֳנִים׃ (5804)
See also: Judges 8:16, Judges 7:15
8And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
וַיַּעַל מִשָּׁם פְּנוּאֵל וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם כָּזֹאת וַיַּעֲנוּ אֹותֹו אַנְשֵׁי פְנוּאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר עָנוּ אַנְשֵׁי סֻכֹּות׃ (3976)
9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם־לְאַנְשֵׁי פְנוּאֵל לֵאמֹר בְּשׁוּבִי בְשָׁלֹום אֶתֹּץ אֶת־הַמִּגְדָּל הַזֶּה׃ (2818)
See also: Judges 8:17, 1 Kings 22:27-28
10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
וְזֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע בַּקַּרְקֹר וּמַחֲנֵיהֶם עִמָּם כַּחֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף כֹּל הַנֹּותָרִים מִכֹּל מַחֲנֵה בְנֵי־קֶדֶם וְהַנֹּפְלִים מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף אִישׁ שֹׁלֵף חָרֶב׃ (5764)
See also: Judges 6:5, Judges 7:12, Judges 20:2, Judges 6:3, Isaiah 9:4, Judges 20:15, Judges 20:17, Judges 20:25, Judges 20:35, Judges 20:46, 2 Kings 3:26, Genesis 29:1, Judges 6:33, Judges 7:22, 2 Chronicles 13:17, 2 Chronicles 28:6, 2 Chronicles 28:8, Job 1:3, Isaiah 37:36, Ezekiel 25:4
11And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
וַיַּעַל גִּדְעֹון דֶּרֶךְ הַשְּׁכוּנֵי בָאֳהָלִים מִקֶּדֶם לְנֹבַח וְיָגְבֳּהָה וַיַּךְ אֶת־הַמַּחֲנֶה וְהַמַּחֲנֶה הָיָה בֶטַח׃ (1955)
See also: Numbers 32:35, Numbers 32:42, Judges 18:27, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Samuel 15:32, 1 Samuel 30:16
12And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
וַיָּנוּסוּ זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע וַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת־שְׁנֵי ׀ מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן אֶת־זֶבַח וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּע וְכָל־הַמַּחֲנֶה הֶחֱרִיד׃ (3536)
See also: Psalms 83:11, Joshua 10:16-18, Joshua 10:22-25, Job 12:16-21, Job 34:19, Amos 2:14, Revelation 6:15-16, Revelation 19:19-21
13And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
וַיָּשָׁב גִּדְעֹון בֶּן־יֹואָשׁ מִן־הַמִּלְחָמָה מִלְמַעֲלֵה הֶחָרֶס׃ (1526)
14And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
וַיִּלְכָּד־נַעַר מֵאַנְשֵׁי סֻכֹּות וַיִּשְׁאָלֵהוּ וַיִּכְתֹּב אֵלָיו אֶת־שָׂרֵי סֻכֹּות וְאֶת־זְקֵנֶיהָ שִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָה אִישׁ׃ (5212)
15And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
וַיָּבֹא אֶל־אַנְשֵׁי סֻכֹּות וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע אֲשֶׁר חֵרַפְתֶּם אֹותִי לֵאמֹר הֲכַף זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע עַתָּה בְּיָדֶךָ כִּי נִתֵּן לַאֲנָשֶׁיךָ הַיְּעֵפִים לָחֶם׃ (5587)
16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
וַיִּקַּח אֶת־זִקְנֵי הָעִיר וְאֶת־קֹוצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת־הַבַּרְקֳנִים וַיֹּדַע בָּהֶם אֵת אַנְשֵׁי סֻכֹּות׃ (4040)
See also: Genesis 33:17, Judges 8:7, Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 19:29, Exodus 3:20, Ezra 2:6, Micah 7:4, 1 Chronicles 20:3
17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
וְאֶת־מִגְדַּל פְּנוּאֵל נָתָץ וַיַּהֲרֹג אֶת־אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר׃ (2462)
18Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־זֶבַח וְאֶל־צַלְמֻנָּע אֵיפֹה הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הֲרַגְתֶּם בְּתָבֹור וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּמֹוךָ כְמֹוהֶם אֶחָד כְּתֹאַר בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (4134)
See also: Judges 4:6, James 1:24, Isaiah 3:3, 1 Samuel 10:3, 2 Kings 1:7, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 89:12, Ezekiel 23:15, Daniel 1:4, Jude 1:16
19And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
וַיֹּאמַר אַחַי בְּנֵי־אִמִּי הֵם חַי־יְהוָה לוּ הַחֲיִתֶם אֹותָם לֹא הָרַגְתִּי אֶתְכֶם׃ (2534)
See also: Ruth 3:13, 1 Kings 1:29
20And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
וַיֹּאמֶר לְיֶתֶר בְּכֹורֹו קוּם הֲרֹג אֹותָם וְלֹא־שָׁלַף הַנַּעַר חַרְבֹּו כִּי יָרֵא כִּי עֹודֶנּוּ נָעַר׃ (3647)
21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.
וַיֹּאמֶר זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע קוּם אַתָּה וּפְגַע־בָּנוּ כִּי כָאִישׁ גְּבוּרָתֹו וַיָּקָם גִּדְעֹון וַיַּהֲרֹג אֶת־זֶבַח וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּע וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים אֲשֶׁר בְּצַוְּארֵי גְמַלֵּיהֶם׃ (5998)
See also: Isaiah 3:18, Psalms 83:11, Judges 8:26, Joshua 10:26, Judges 6:5, Judges 9:54, Judges 15:12, 1 Samuel 31:3, 1 Samuel 31:5, Psalms 83:1, Jeremiah 49:29, Revelation 9:6
22Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־גִּדְעֹון מְשָׁל־בָּנוּ גַּם־אַתָּה גַּם־בִּנְךָ גַּם בֶּן־בְּנֶךָ כִּי הֹושַׁעְתָּנוּ מִיַּד מִדְיָן׃ (3463)
See also: 1 Samuel 8:1, Genesis 37:28, Judges 9:8, John 6:15, Deuteronomy 33:5, 1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 12:12
23And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם גִּדְעֹון לֹא־אֶמְשֹׁל אֲנִי בָּכֶם וְלֹא־יִמְשֹׁל בְּנִי בָּכֶם יְהוָה יִמְשֹׁל בָּכֶם׃ (2000)
See also: Isaiah 33:22, 1 Samuel 12:12, 1 Samuel 10:19, 2 Corinthians 1:24, Judges 2:18, Judges 10:18, Judges 11:9-11, 1 Samuel 8:6-7, 1 Peter 5:3, Isaiah 63:19, Luke 22:24-27
24And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם גִּדְעֹון אֶשְׁאֲלָה מִכֶּם שְׁאֵלָה וּתְנוּ־לִי אִישׁ נֶזֶם שְׁלָלֹו כִּי־נִזְמֵי זָהָב לָהֶם כִּי יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים הֵם׃ (3317)
See also: Genesis 25:13, Genesis 35:4, Exodus 32:2, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28, Deuteronomy 7:25, 1 Peter 3:3-5, Genesis 16:10-11, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:53, Exodus 12:35, Exodus 32:3, 1 Samuel 25:11, 1 Kings 20:11, 2 Chronicles 20:25, Ezekiel 16:11
25And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ נָתֹון נִתֵּן וַיִּפְרְשׂוּ אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ שָׁמָּה אִישׁ נֶזֶם שְׁלָלֹו׃ (4153)
26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
וַיְהִי מִשְׁקַל נִזְמֵי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר שָׁאָל אֶלֶף וּשְׁבַע־מֵאֹות זָהָב לְבַד מִן־הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים וְהַנְּטִפֹות וּבִגְדֵי הָאַרְגָּמָן שֶׁעַל מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן וּלְבַד מִן־הָעֲנָקֹות אֲשֶׁר בְּצַוְּארֵי גְמַלֵּיהֶם׃ (6330)
See also: Proverbs 31:22, Judges 8:21, Esther 8:15, Psalms 73:6, Jeremiah 10:9, John 19:2, John 19:5, Revelation 18:12, Revelation 18:16, Isaiah 3:18, Jeremiah 49:29, Ezekiel 27:7, Daniel 3:1, Luke 16:19, Revelation 17:4
27And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
וַיַּעַשׂ אֹותֹו גִדְעֹון לְאֵפֹוד וַיַּצֵּג אֹותֹו בְעִירֹו בְּעָפְרָה וַיִּזְנוּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרָיו שָׁם וַיְהִי לְגִדְעֹון וּלְבֵיתֹו לְמֹוקֵשׁ׃ (4579)
See also: Deuteronomy 7:16, Psalms 106:39, Judges 17:5, Judges 18:14, Judges 8:33, Judges 18:17, Exodus 23:33, Judges 6:24, Hosea 3:4, Exodus 28:6-35, Deuteronomy 12:5, Judges 6:11, Judges 8:32-33, 1 Samuel 23:9-10, Psalms 73:27, Isaiah 8:20, Hosea 2:2, Hosea 4:12-14, Exodus 34:12
28Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
וַיִּכָּנַע מִדְיָן לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא יָסְפוּ לָשֵׂאת רֹאשָׁם וַתִּשְׁקֹט הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בִּימֵי גִדְעֹון׃ (4482)
See also: Judges 3:11, Judges 5:31, Joshua 14:15, Psalms 83:2, Judges 3:30, Judges 11:26, Psalms 83:9-12, Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 10:26
29And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
וַיֵּלֶךְ יְרֻבַּעַל בֶּן־יֹואָשׁ וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּבֵיתֹו׃ (1485)
30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
וּלְגִדְעֹון הָיוּ שִׁבְעִים בָּנִים יֹצְאֵי יְרֵכֹו כִּי־נָשִׁים רַבֹּות הָיוּ לֹו׃ (2156)
See also: 2 Chronicles 11:21, Judges 9:2, Judges 9:5, Exodus 1:5, Deuteronomy 17:17, 1 Kings 11:3, 2 Kings 10:1, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 46:26, Judges 9:18, Judges 10:4, Judges 12:9, Judges 12:14, 1 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 2 Samuel 5:13-16, 2 Chronicles 13:21, Malachi 2:15, Matthew 19:5-8
31And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
וּפִילַגְשֹׁו אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם יָלְדָה־לֹּו גַם־הִיא בֵּן וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־שְׁמֹו אֲבִימֶלֶךְ׃ (2700)
32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
וַיָּמָת גִּדְעֹון בֶּן־יֹואָשׁ בְּשֵׂיבָה טֹובָה וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּקֶבֶר יֹואָשׁ אָבִיו בְּעָפְרָה אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי׃ (2919)
See also: Genesis 25:8, Judges 6:24, Genesis 15:15, Job 5:26, Job 42:17, Joshua 24:29-30, Judges 8:27
33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר מֵת גִּדְעֹון וַיָּשׁוּבוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּזְנוּ אַחֲרֵי הַבְּעָלִים וַיָּשִׂימוּ לָהֶם בַּעַל בְּרִית לֵאלֹהִים׃ (3790)
See also: Jeremiah 23:27, Judges 2:19, Judges 9:4, Judges 9:46, Judges 2:11, Judges 2:17, Judges 8:27, Exodus 34:15-16, 2 Chronicles 24:17-18, Jeremiah 3:9, Joshua 24:31, Judges 2:7-11, Judges 9:27, 2 Kings 12:2, 1 Chronicles 5:25, 2 Chronicles 17:3
34And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
וְלֹא זָכְרוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם הַמַּצִּיל אֹותָם מִיַּד כָּל־אֹיְבֵיהֶם מִסָּבִיב׃ (2299)
See also: Psalms 78:42, Psalms 106:21, Psalms 78:11, Deuteronomy 4:9, Judges 3:7, Psalms 106:18, Ecclesiastes 12:1, Jeremiah 2:32
35Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
וְלֹא־עָשׂוּ חֶסֶד עִם־בֵּית יְרֻבַּעַל גִּדְעֹון כְּכָל־הַטֹּובָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3076)
See also: Judges 9:16, 1 Samuel 12:11, Ecclesiastes 9:14-15, Judges 9:5, Judges 9:18, 1 Kings 12:16, 2 Chronicles 10:16