H9002–/וְ–v

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?

וְצַלְמֻנָּ֑ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְצַלְמֻנָּ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְגַע־ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “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.)

וּתְנוּ־ (וּ) u. “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.

וּשְׁבַע־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַנְּטִפ֜וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִגְדֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבַד֙ (וּ) u. “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.

וּלְבֵית֖וֹ (וּ) u. “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.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

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

וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “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,

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.

וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.

וְיִשְׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “so”

But the olive-tree said to them, Am I to give up my wealth of oil, by which men give honour to God, and go waving over the trees?

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put your faith in my shade; and if not, may fire come out of the thorn, burning up the cedars of Lebanon.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֹאכַ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

So now, if you have done truly and uprightly in making Abimelech king, and if you have done well to Jerubbaal and his house in reward for the work of his hands;

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתָמִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”