Judges 8:18-31

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.

22Then the menH376 of IsraelH3478 saidH559 unto GideonH1439, RuleH4910 thou over us, both thou, and thy sonH1121, and thy son’sH1121 sonH1121 alsoH1571; for thou hast savedH3467 us out of the handH3027 of MidianH4080. 23And GideonH1439 saidH559 unto them, I will not ruleH4910 over you, neither shall my sonH1121 ruleH4910 over you: Jehovah shall ruleH4910 over you. 24And GideonH1439 saidH559 unto them, I would makeH5414 a request of you, that ye would giveH5414 me every manH376 the ear-rings of his spoilH7998. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were IshmaelitesH3459.) 25And they answered, We will willingly giveH5414 them. And they spreadH6566 a garmentH8071, and did castH7993 therein every manH376 the ear-rings of his spoilH7998. 26And the weightH4948 of the golden ear-rings that he requested wasH1961 a thousandH505 and sevenH7651 hundredH3967 shekels of goldH2091; besides the crescents, and the pendantsH5188, and the purpleH713 raiment that wasH1961 on the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080, and besides the chains that were about their camels’H1581 necksH6677. 27And GideonH1439 madeH6213 an ephodH646 thereof, and put it in his cityH5892, even in OphrahH6084: and all IsraelH3478 playedH2181 the harlot after it there; and it becameH1961 a snareH4170 unto GideonH1439, and to his houseH1004. 28So MidianH4080 was subduedH3665 before the children of IsraelH3478, and they liftedH5375 up their headsH7218 no more. And the landH776 had rest fortyH705 yearsH8141 in the daysH3117 of GideonH1439.

29And JerubbaalH3378 the sonH1121 of JoashH3101 went and dweltH3427 in his own houseH1004. 30And GideonH1439 had threescore and ten sonsH1121 of his body begotten; for he had manyH7227 wivesH802. 31And his concubineH6370 that was in ShechemH7927, she alsoH1571 bare him a sonH1121, and he called his nameH8034 AbimelechH40.