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And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.

וַיָּנ֗וּסוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֞ד (וַ) va “and”

Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:

וַיָּ֛שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

וַיִּלְכָּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”

So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.

וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣דַע (וַ) va “and”

And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death.

וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג (וַֽ) va “and”

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיֹּאמרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

וַיַּעַשׂ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצֵּ֨ג (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְנ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט (וַ) va. “and”

And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.

וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

וַיָּ֛מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר (וַ) va “and”

And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֧ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father,

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.

וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם (וּ) u. “and”

So his mother's family said all this about him in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem: and their hearts were turned to Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.

וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤ט (וַ) va “and”