H9033–וֹ–o

Then the men of the town said to Joash, Make your son come out to be put to death, for pulling down the altar of Baal and cutting down the holy tree which was by it.

עָלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “it”

But Joash said to all those who were attacking him, Will you take up the cause of Baal? will you be his saviour? Let anyone who will take up his cause be put to death while it is still morning: if he is a god, let him take up his cause himself because of

עָלָ֜יו (ו) v “him”אוֹת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֛וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “himself”

So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down.

ל֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”בּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

But the spirit of the Lord came on Gideon; and at the sound of his horn all Abiezer came together after him.

אַחֲרָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

And he sent through all Manasseh, and they came after him; and he sent to Asher and Zebulun and Naphtali, and they came up and were joined to the others.

אַחֲרָ֑יו (ו) v “him”

Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

אִתּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֣וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.

וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.

אוֹתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.

ל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

The same night the Lord said to him, Up! go down now against their army, for I have given them into your hands.

אֵלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”נְתַתִּ֖יו (ו) v “it”

When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the ear

וַיַּכֵּ֧הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”וַיַּהַפְכֵ֥הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”

So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.

אִתּ֜וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

Then they made a line round the tents, every man in his place; and all the army, awaking from sleep, came running out, and with loud cries went in flight.

תַּחְתָּ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

אֵלָ֜יו (ו) v “him”אִתּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

מֵֽעָלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

אִתּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.

אוֹתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

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.

וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”אֵלָ֜יו (ו) v “him”

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.

אוֹת֨וֹ (וֹ) o “it”אוֹת֤וֹ (וֹ) o “it”אַחֲרָ֖יו (ו) v “it”

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

לֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

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

לּ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

עָלָ֗יו (ו) v “him”

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.

לוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”אַחֲרָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

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;

לֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

And the townsmen of Shechem put secret watchers on the tops of the mountains, and they made attacks on all who went by on the road and took their goods; and word of this came to Abimelech.

לוֹ֩ (וֹ֩) o “him”