And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 1 2 2Sa 19:41Job 5:2Jas 4:5-6Jdg 12:1-6Ecc 4:4 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? Jas 1:19-201Co 13:4-7Gal 5:14-15Jas 3:13-18Jdg 6:11Jdg 6:34Php 2:2-3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. 3 Pro 15:1Jdg 7:24-25Jhn 4:37Php 2:3Pro 16:32Pro 25:11Pro 25:15Psa 115:1
¶ And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 2Co 4:16Gal 6:91Sa 14:28-291Sa 30:10Heb 12:1-42Co 4:8-91Sa 14:31-32Jdg 7:25 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. Gen 33:17Psa 60:61Sa 25:182Sa 17:28-293Jn 1:6-8Deu 23:4Gen 14:18
¶ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 1Ki 20:11Php 2:211Sa 25:10-112Ki 14:9Gen 25:13Gen 37:25Gen 37:28Jdg 5:23 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 4 Jdg 7:15
¶ And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. 1Ki 12:25Gen 32:30-31 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 1Ki 22:27-28Jdg 8:17
¶ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, 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. 5 Jdg 7:122Ki 3:26Isa 9:4Jdg 20:15Jdg 20:17Jdg 20:2Jdg 20:25Jdg 20:35
¶ And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure. Num 32:35Num 32:421Th 5:3Jdg 18:271Sa 15:321Sa 30:16 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. 6 Psa 83:11Amo 2:14Job 12:16-21Job 34:19Jos 10:16-18Jos 10:22-25Rev 19:19-21Rev 6:15-16
¶ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. 7 1Sa 30:11-15Jdg 1:24-25 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary? Jdg 8:6-7 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. 8 Jdg 8:7Pro 10:13Pro 19:29Ezr 2:6Mic 7:4 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. Jdg 8:91Ki 12:25
¶ Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. 9 Jdg 4:6Jud 1:16Psa 12:2Psa 89:12 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 1Sa 15:33Jos 10:24Psa 149:9 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks. 10 Psa 83:11Isa 3:18Jdg 8:261Sa 31:31Sa 31:5Jdg 9:54Psa 83:1Rev 9:6
¶ Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. Jhn 6:151Sa 12:121Sa 8:5Jdg 9:8-15 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. Isa 33:221Sa 12:121Sa 10:192Co 1:241Pe 5:31Sa 8:6-7Jdg 10:18Jdg 11:9-11
¶ And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) Gen 25:131Pe 3:3-5Exo 32:3Gen 37:25Gen 37:281Ki 20:111Sa 25:11Exo 12:35 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks. 11 Est 8:15Jer 10:9Jhn 19:2Jhn 19:5Rev 18:12Rev 18:16Ezk 27:7Rev 17:4 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. Psa 106:39Deu 7:16Jdg 17:5Jdg 18:14Jdg 18:17Exo 23:33Jdg 6:241Sa 23:9-10
¶ Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. Jdg 5:31Jdg 3:11Isa 10:26Isa 9:4Jdg 3:30Psa 83:9-12
¶ And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 1Sa 12:11Jdg 6:32Jdg 7:1Neh 5:14-15 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. 12 Jdg 9:2Jdg 9:51Ki 11:3Deu 17:172Ki 10:12Sa 3:2-52Sa 5:13-16Eph 5:31-33 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. 13 Gen 16:15Gen 20:2Gen 22:24Jdg 9:1-5Jdg 9:18
¶ And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. Gen 25:8Gen 15:15Jdg 6:24Job 42:17Job 5:26Jdg 8:27Jos 24:29-30 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. Jdg 9:4Jdg 2:19Jdg 9:46Jdg 2:17Jdg 8:272Ch 24:17-18Exo 34:15-16Jer 3:9 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: Psa 78:42Psa 106:21Psa 78:11Deu 4:9Ecc 12:1Jdg 3:7Jer 2:32Psa 106:18 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel. Ecc 9:14-15Jdg 9:16-19Jdg 9:5