Judges 8:18-31

18Then he saidH559 to ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, “WhereH375 were the menH376 whomH834 you killedH2026 at TaborH8396?” But they saidH559, “You and they were alikeH3644, each oneH259 1resemblingH8389 the sonH1121 of a kingH4428.” 19And he saidH559, “They were my brothersH251, the sonsH1121 of my motherH517. As the LordH3068 livesH2416, ifH3863 onlyH3863 you had let them liveH2421, I would not killH2026 you.” 20So he saidH559 to JetherH3500 his firstbornH1060, “RiseH6965, killH2026 them.” But the youthH5288 did not drawH8025 his swordH2719, for he wasH3372 afraidH3372, becauseH3588 he was stillH5750 a youthH5288. 21Then ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 saidH559, “RiseH6965 upH6965 yourselfH859, and attackH6293 us; for as the manH376, so is his strengthH1369.” 2So GideonH1439 aroseH6965 and killedH2026 ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, and 3tookH3947 the crescentH7720 amuletsH7720 whichH834 were on their camels’H1581 necksH6677.

22Then the menH376 of IsraelH3478 saidH559 to GideonH1439, “RuleH4910 over us, bothH1571 you and your sonH1121, your son’sH1121 sonH1121 asH1571 wellH1571, for you have savedH3467 us from the handH3027 of MidianH4080!” 23But GideonH1439 saidH559 to them, “I will not ruleH4910 over you, norH3808 shall my sonH1121 ruleH4910 over you; 4the LordH3068 shall ruleH4910 over you.” 24Yet GideonH1439 saidH559 to them, “I would 5requestH7596H7592 of you, that eachH376 of you giveH5414 me 6an earringH5141 from his plunderH7998.” (For they had goldH2091 earringsH5141, becauseH3588 they were 7IshmaelitesH3459.) 25And they saidH559, “We will certainlyH5414 giveH5414 them to you.” So they spreadH6566 outH6566 a garmentH8071, and everyH376 oneH376 of them tossedH7993 an earringH5141 thereH8033 from his plunderH7998. 26The weightH4948 of the goldH2091 earringsH5141 that he requestedH7592 was 1,700H505H7651H3967 shekels of goldH2091, apartH905 from the crescentH7720 amuletsH7720, the earH5188 pendantsH5188, and the purpleH713 robesH899 whichH7945 were on the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080, and apartH905 from the neckH6060 chainsH6060 that were on their camels’H1581 necksH6677. 27GideonH1439 madeH6213 it into 8an ephodH646, and placedH3322 it in his cityH5892, OphrahH6084; but allH3605 IsraelH3478 9committed infidelityH2181 with it thereH8033, and it becameH1961 a snareH4170 to GideonH1439 and his householdH1004. 28So MidianH4080 was subduedH3665 beforeH6440 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, and they did not liftH5375 upH5375 their headsH7218 anymoreH3254. And the landH776 wasH8252 undisturbedH8252 for fortyH705 yearsH8141 in the daysH3117 of GideonH1439.

29Then 10JerubbaalH3378 the sonH1121 of JoashH3060 wentH1980 and livedH3427 in his own houseH1004. 30Now GideonH1439 hadH1961 11seventyH7657 sonsH1121 who 12were his directH3409 descendantsH3318, for he hadH1961 manyH7227 wivesH802. 31And his concubineH6370 whoH834 was in ShechemH7927 alsoH1571 boreH3205 him a sonH1121, and he 13namedH8034H7760 him AbimelechH40.