Judges 8
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Judges 8:10-21

10Now ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousandH505 menH376, all that were leftH3498 of all the host of the children of the eastH6924; for there fellH5307 a hundredH3967 and twentyH6242 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719. 11And GideonH1439 wentH5927 up by the wayH1870 of them that dweltH7931 in tentsH168 on the eastH6924 of NobahH5025 and JogbehahH3011, and smote the host; for the host wasH1961 secure. 12And ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 fledH5127; and he pursuedH7291 after them; and he tookH3920 the twoH8147 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080, ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, and discomfited all the host.

13And GideonH1439 the sonH1121 of JoashH3101 returnedH7725 from the battleH4421 from the ascentH4608 of Heres. 14And he caughtH3920 a youngH5288 manH376 of the menH376 of SuccothH5523, and inquired of him: and he describedH3789 for him the princesH8269 of SuccothH5523, and the eldersH2205 thereof, seventyH7657 and sevenH7651 menH376. 15And he cameH935 unto the menH376 of SuccothH5523, and saidH559, Behold ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, concerningH413 whom ye did tauntH2778 me, sayingH559, Are the handsH3027 of ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 nowH6258 in thy handH3027, that we should giveH5414 breadH3899 unto thy menH376 that are wearyH3286? 16And he tookH3947 the eldersH2205 of the cityH5892, and thornsH6975 of the wildernessH4057 and briersH1303, and with them he taught the menH376 of SuccothH5523. 17And he brake down the towerH4026 of PenuelH6439, and slewH2026 the menH376 of the cityH5892.

18Then saidH559 he unto ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, What manner of menH376 were they whom ye slewH2026 at TaborH8396? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each oneH259 resembled the children of a kingH4428. 19And he saidH559, They were my brethren, the sonsH1121 of my motherH517: as Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them aliveH2416, I would not slayH2026 you. 20And he saidH559 unto JetherH3500 his first-born, Up, and slayH2026 them. But the youthH5288 drewH8025 not his swordH2719; for he fearedH3372, because he was yetH5750 a youthH5288. 21Then ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 saidH559, RiseH6965 thou, and fallH6293 upon us; for as the manH376 is, so is his strengthH1369. And GideonH1439 aroseH6965, and slewH2026 ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, and tookH3947 the crescents that were on their camels’H1581 necksH6677.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain