H9002–/וְ–v

And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye upbraided me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are weary?

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

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

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

And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said he to 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.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to Jether his first-born, Arise, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then 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.

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

And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the ear-rings of his prey. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

וּתְנוּ־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

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

And Gideon made of it an ephod, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither astray after it: which thing became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

וּלְבֵית֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they raised their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side:

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are seventy persons, should reign over you, or that one should reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light persons, who followed him.

וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And all the men of Shechem assembled, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.

וְיִשְׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “so”

But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

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

Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands:

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