Judges 8
8
1And the men of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] said unto him, Why have youi served us thus, that youi called us not, when youi went to fight with the Midyanim [Strife]? And they did quarrel with him sharply.
2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning of the grapes of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] better than the vintage of Avi-ezer [My Father is Help]?
3God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] has delivered into your hands the princes of Midyan [Strife], ‘Orev [Raven] and Ze’ev [Wolf]: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
4And Gid’on [Hewer] came to Yarden [Descender], [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing [them].
5And he said unto the men of Sukkot [Booths], Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing after Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection], kings of Midyan [Strife].
6And the princes of Sukkot [Booths] said, [Are] the hands of Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] now in youi hand, that we should give bread unto youi army?
7And Gid’on [Hewer] said, Therefore when the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has delivered Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
8And he went up there to P’nu’el [Facing God], and spoke unto them likewise: and the men of P’nu’el [Facing God] answered him as the men of Sukkot [Booths] had answered [him].
9And he spoke also unto the men of P’nu’el [Facing God], saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
10Now Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] [were] in Karkor [Foundation], 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.
11And Gid’on [Hewer] went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Novach [Barking] and Yogbehah [Lofty], and struck the host: for the host was secure.
12And when Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midyan [Strife], Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection], and scattered (defeated in battle) all the host.
13And Gid’on [Hewer] the son of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] returned from battle before the sun [was up],
14And caught a young man of the men of Sukkot [Booths], and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Sukkot [Booths], and the elders thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen men.
15And he came unto the men of Sukkot [Booths], and said, Behold Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection], with whom you2f did upbraid me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] now in youi hand, that we should give bread unto youi men [that are] weary?
16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Sukkot [Booths].
17And he beat down the tower of P’nu’el [Facing God], and killed the men of the city.
18Then said he unto Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection], What manner of men [were they] whom you2f killed at Tavor [Mound]? And they answered, As youi [are], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.
19And he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, if you2f had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
20And he said unto Yeter [abundance] his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.
21Then Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] said, Rise youi, and fall upon us: for as the man [is, so is] his strength. And Gid’on [Hewer] arose, and killed Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection], and took away the ornaments that [were] on their camels’ necks.
22Then the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said unto Gid’on [Hewer], Rule youi over us, both youi, and youi son, and youi son’s son also: for youi have delivered us from the hand of Midyan [Strife].
23And Gid’on [Hewer] said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall rule over you.
24And Gid’on [Hewer] said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that you2f would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Yishma’elim (Ishmaelites) [God will Hear].)
25And they answered, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and did cast in it every man the earrings of his prey.
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 clothing that [was] on the kings of Midyan [Strife], and beside the chains that [were] about their camels’ necks.
27And Gid’on [Hewer] made an ephod (vest) thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in ‘Ofrah [Fawn]: and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went there a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gid’on [Hewer], and to his house.
28Thus was Midyan [Strife] subdued before the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gid’on [Hewer].
29And Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend] the son of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] went and dwelt in his own house.
30And Gid’on [Hewer] had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
31And his concubine that [was] in Sh’khem [Shoulder], she also bore him a son, whose name he called Avi-Melekh [My Father is King].
32And Gid’on [Hewer] the son of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] his father, in ‘Ofrah [Fawn] of the Avi’ezri [My Father is Help].
33And it came to pass, as soon as Gid’on [Hewer] was dead, that the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] turned again, and went a whoring after Ba’alim [lords (false gods)], and made Ba’al-B’rit [lord of the covenant] their god.
34And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] remembered not the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
35Neither showed they kindness to the house of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend], [namely], Gid’on [Hewer], according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
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