The Ifraelites oppreffed. HOT, pore. Or, creeks. Heh. expoled IRG Ye- Heb. Faths. Or, tramp. lings, 67 plungings. 07, cream. Heb. hammered. + Heb. between + Her. destroyed. words. Judges. 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that 19 The kings came and fought: then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo, they took no gain of money. 20 They fought from heaven, the ftars in their t courfes fought againft Silera. 21 The river of Kishon fivept them away,that ancient river,the river Kishon. O my foul,thou haft troden down ftrength. 22 Then were the horfe hoofs broken by the means of the pranfings, the pranfings of their mighty ones. 23 Curfe ye Meroz, (faid the angel of the LORD) curfe ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof: because they came rot to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. 24 Bleffed above women fhall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, bleffed fhall fhe be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk,fhe brought forth butter in a lordly difh. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmens hammer: and with the hammer the tfmote Sifera, fhe fmote off his head, when she had pierced and ftricken through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, and lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down † dead. 28 The mother of Sifera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattefs, Why is his chariot fo long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots ? 29 Her wife ladies anfwered her, yea, fhe returned † anfwer to her felf, Heb. her 30 Have they not fped? have they not divided the prey, † to every man a damfel or two? To + Hab. Sifera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers head of a colours of needle-work, of divers colours of needle work on both fides, meet for the necks of them that take the ipoil? man. Hebfor the necks of 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: the fpoil but let them that love him, be as the fun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had relt forty years. 4 Heb. was niong. Or, CHAP. VI. The Ifraelites for their fin are oppreffed by Miz Gideons prefent confumed. their tents, and they came as grafhoppers for 6 And Ifrael was greatly impoverished be- 7 And it came to pafs when the children of Ifrael cried unto the LORD, because of the Midianites, 8 That the LORD fent ta prophet unto the children of Ifrael which faid unto them, Thus + Heb. faith the LORD God of Ifrael, I brought you up a man. 4 from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the Prophet. houfe of bondage. 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppretfed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land: To And I faid unto you, I am the LORD your God, fear not the gods of the Amorite, in whole land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. 2 King 17-35.38. Jer. 10.2. And there came an angel of the LORD, and fat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joafh the Abi-ezrite: and his fon Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-prefs,† to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto called Ge him, and faid unto him, The LORD is with thee, deon. thou mighty man of valor. Heb. 17.32. t Heb. to flee. 13 And Gideon faid unto him, Oh my lord, if to cause it the LORD be with us, why then is all this befaln us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, faying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath fortaken us, and delivered us into the hand of the Midianites. 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and faid, Go in this thy might: and thou shalt fave Ifrael from the hand of the Midianites: have not I fent thee? 15 And he faid unto him, Oh my lord, wherewith fhall I fave Ifrael? behold, † my family is poor in Manaffeh, and I am the leaft in my fathers houfe. 16 And the LORD faid unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt fmite the Midianites as one man. 17 And he faid unto him, If now I have found grace in thy fight, then fhew me a fign, that thou talkeft with me. 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready ta+Heb. kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of Hour: a kid of the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth the gost in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and prefented it. 20 And the angel of God faid unto him,Take the flesh,and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And Afight of the LORD: and the LORD deliver- 3 And So it was when Ifrael had fowen, that 4 And they encamped against them, and deftroyed the increafe of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no fuftenance for Ifrael, neither il fheep, nor ox, nor afs. 5 For they came up with their cattel, and 21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the ftaff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh, and the unleavened cakes, and there rofe up fire out of the rock, and confumed the flesh, and the unleavened cakes; then the angel of the LORD departed out of his fight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon faid, Alas, O Lord GOD: for because I have feen an angel of the Exod. LORD face to face. 33.20. 23 And the LORD faid unto him,Peace be uncha 13-22 to 1 Baals altar caft down. to thee, fear not, thou shalt not die. Chap.vii. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD,and called it Jehovah-fhalom: unto this That is, day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. e Lord and eace. 07, nd. Heb. froag lace. UT, an' or erly Danner. Beb. clothed. 25 And it came to pafs the fame night,that the LORD faid unto him.Take thy fathers young bullock, even the fecond bullock of feven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: 26And build an altar unto the LORD thy God, upon the top of this † rock, Il in the ordered place, and take the fecond bullock, and offer a burnt-facrifice with the wood of the grove which thou fhalt cut down. Gideons army. brought to three hundred: 9 He is incouraged by the dream and interpretation of the barley cake: 16 His ftratagem of trumpets and lamps in pitche ers. 24 The Ephraimutes take Oreb and Zeeb. Hen Jerubbaal (who is Gideon) and all the people that were with him, rofe up early, and pitched befide the well of Harod: fo that the hoft of the Midianites were on the north-fide of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, left Ifrael vaunt themselves against me, faying, Mine own hand hath faved me. * 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his fervants, of the people, laying, Wholoever is fearful Deut. and did as the LORD had faid unto him: and fo and afraid, let him return and depart early from 20.8. it was, because he feared his fathers houfhold,mount Gilead: and there returned of the peoand the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. ple twenty and two thoufand, and there remained ten thousand. 28 And when the men of the city arofe ear- 4 And the LORD faid unto Gideon,The people ly in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal are yet too many: bring them down unto the was caft down, and the grove was cut down that water, and I will try them for thee there, and was by it, and the fecona bullock was offered up-it fhall be, that of whom I lay unto thee, This on the altar that was built. 29 And they faid one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired, and asked, they laid, Gideon the fun of "Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city faid unto Joafh, Bring out thy fon, that he may die: becaule he hath caft down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. fhall go with thee, the fame fhall go with thee: and of whomfoever I fay unto thee, This fhall not go with thee, the fame fhall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD faid unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth, him fhalt thou fet by himself, likewife every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 31 And Joafh faid unto all that itood against 6 And the number of them that lapped, puthim, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye fave him?ting their hand to their mouth, were three hunhe that will plead for him, let him be put to dred men: but all the reft of the people bowed death, whileft it is yet morning: if he be a god, down upon their knees to drink water. let him plead for himfelf, because one hath caft down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubs baal,laying, Let Baal plead against him, becaule be hath thrown down his altar. 33 Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the caft, were gathered together and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But the spirit of the LORD † came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, and Abiezer Numb.was gathered after him 10.3. 3. 2.27. 35 And he fent meffengers throughout all + Heb. Manaffeh, who alfo was gathered after him, and alled he fent meffengers unto Afher, and unto Zebuiter him. lun, and unto Naphtali, and they came up to meet them. 36 And Gideon faid unto God, If thou wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou haft faid, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the Aoor: and if the dew be on the fleece onely,and it be dry upon all the earth befide; then fhall I know that thou wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou haft faid. 38 And it was fo: for he rofe up early on the morrow, and thruft the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. Genef. 39 And Gideon faid unto God, Let not thine B.zz. anger be hot against me, and I will fpeak but this once let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the Aeece. Let it now be dry onely upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did fo that night for it was dry upon the fleece onely, and there was dew on all the ground. 7 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped, will I fave you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he fent all the rest of 11rael every man unto his tent, and retained thofe three hundred men: and the hoft of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 9. And it came to pals the fame night, that the LORD faid unto him, Arife, get thee down unto the hoft, for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy fervant down to the hoft: II And thou shalt hear what they fay, and afterward fhall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the hoit. Then went he down with Or, Phurah his fervant unto the out-fide of the ar-ranke med men that were in the hott. by five. Chap 12 And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the eaft, lay along in 6.33. the valley like grafhoppers for multitude, and their camels were without number, as the fand by the fea fide for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow,and faid,Behold, I dreamed a dream,and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the hoft of Midian, and came unto a tent, and fmote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow anfwered and faid, This is nothing elte fave the fword of Gideon the fon of Joah a man of Ifrael: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the hoft. 15 tHb. the And it was fo, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation kieg r Gideons army of two and thirty thousand is thereof, that he worshipped, and returned hereof. CHAP. VIT The Ifraelites oppreffed. HOT, port. Or, kreeks. Heh. expoled to 12Prosch. t Heb. Caths Or, tramp lings 67 plungings. Or, cream. Heb. hammered. Heb. Judges. Gideons prefent confumed. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why c Dan remain in fhips? Afher continued on the fea u fhore, and abode in his breaches. 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought: then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo, they took no gain of money. 20 They fought from heaven, the ftars in their f courfes fought against Sifera. 21 The river of Kishon fwept them away,that ancient river,the river Kithon. O my foul,thou haft troden down ftrength. 22 Then were the horfe hoofs broken by the means of the pranfings, the pranfings of their mighty ones. 23 Curfe ye Meroz, (faid the angel of the LORD) curfe ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof: because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. 24 Bleffed above women fhall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, bleffed fhall fhe be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water,and she gave him milk,fhe brought forth butter in a lordly difh. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmens hammer: and with the hammer the tfmote Sifera, fhe fmote off his head, when he had pierced and ftricken through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, and lay between down at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down † dead. Her. deftroyed. words. + Hab. Is the 28 The mother of Sifera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattefs, Why is his chariot fo long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 6 And Ifrael was greatly impoverished becaufe of the Midianites, and the children of Ifrael cried unto the LORD. 7. And it came to pafs when the children of Ifrael cried unto the LORD, because of the Midianites, 8 That the LORD fent ta prophet unto the children of Ifrael which faid unto them, Thus + Heb. faith the LORD God of Ifrael, I brought you up a man a from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the Prophet. houfe of bondage. 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppretfed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land: To And I faid unto you, I am the LORD your God, fear not the gods of the Amorite, in whole land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. 2 Kinga 17.35.38. Jer. 10-2. And there came an angel of the LORD, and fat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joafh the Abi-ezrite: and his fon Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-prefs,† to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto called Ge him, and faid unto him, The LORD is with thee, deon. thou mighty man of valor. Heb. 17.32. to flee. 13 And Gideon faid unto him, Oh my lord, if to caufe it 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and faid, Heb. her 30 Have they not fped? have they not divided the prey, † to every man a damfel or two? To Sifera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers head of a colours of needle-work, of divers colours of needle work on both fides, meet for the necks of them that take the ipoil? mar. Heb. 4 Heb. was niong. Or, CHAP. VI. The Ifraelites for their fin are oppreffed by Mi Nd the children of Ifrael did evil in the Anight of the LORD: and the LORD deliver 15 And he faid unto him, Oh my lord, wherewith fhall I fave Ifrael? behold, t my family ist Heb. poor in Manaffeh, and I am the leaft in my fathers houfe. 16 And the LORD faid unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt fmite the Midianites as one man. 17 And he faid unto him, If now I have found grace in thy fight, then fhew me a fign, that thou talkeft with me. 18 Depart not hence,I pray thee,until I come unto thee and bring forth ray | prefent, and let it before thee, And he faid, I will tarry until thou come again. 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready ta kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of Hour: the Refh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and prefented it. 20 And the angel of God faid unto him,Take 3 And So it was when Ifrael had fowen, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the eaft, even they canie up against them. 4 And they encamped against them, and deftroyed the increafe of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no fuftenance for Ifrael, neither 1 fheep, nor ox, nor afs. 5 For they came up with their cattel, and 21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the itaff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh, and the unleavened cakes, and there rofe up fire out of the rock, and confumed the flesh, and the unleavened cakes; then the angel of the LORD departed out of his fight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon faid, Alas, O Lord GOD: for because I have feen an angel of the Exod. LORD face to face. 33.20. 23 And the LORD faid unto him,Peace be un- ch. 13.22 to Baals altar caft down. to thee, fear not, thou shalt not die. Chap.vii. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD,and called it | Jehovah-fhalom: unto this That is, day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. the Lord Send peace. 3107, and. A Heb. firoag place. Or, En an or derly manner. + Heb. clothed. 25 And it came to pals the fame night, that the LORD faid unto him.Take thy fathers young bullock, even the fecond bullock of feven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God, upon the top of this rock, Il in the ordered place, and take the fecond bullock, and offer a burnt-facrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his fervants, and did as the LORD had faid unto him: and fo it was, because he feared his fathers houfhold, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. Gideons army. brought to three hundred: 9 He is incouraged by| Hen Jerubbaal (who is Gideon) and all the 2 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, left Ifrael vaunt themselves against me, faying, Mine own hand hath faved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, laying,* Wholoever is fearful Drus. and afraid,let him return and depart early from 20.8. mount Gilead: and there returned of the people twenty and two thousand, and there remained ten thousand. 28 And when the men of the city arofe ear- 4 And the LORD faid unto Gideon,The people ly in the morning, behold, the alar of Baal are yet too many: bring them down unto the was caft down, and the grove was cut down that water, and I will try them for thee there, and was by it, and the fecond bullock was offered up-it fhall be, that of whom I fay unto thee, This on the altar that was built. 29 And they faid one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired, and asked, they faid, Gideon the fun of Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city faid unto Joafh, Bring out thy fun, that he may die: because he hath caft down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. 31 And Joafh faid unto all that itood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye fave him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death, whileft it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himfelf, because one hath caft down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubs baal,laying, Let Baal plead against him, becaule be hath thrown down his altar. fhall go with thee, the fame fhall go with thee: 5 So he brought down the people unto the 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the reft of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped, will I fave you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 33 Then all the Midianites, and the Ama- 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, 34 But the spirit of the LORD † came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, and Abiezer Numb.was gathered after him Cas. 3.27. 10.3. 35 And he fent meffengers throughout all + Heb. Manaffeh, who alfo was gathered after him, and was called he fent meffengers unto Afher, and unto Zebuafter him. lun, and unto Naphtali, and they came up to meet them. 36 And Gideon faid unto God, If thou wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou haft faid, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor and if the dew be on the fleece onely,and it be dry upon all the earth befide; then fhall I know that thou wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou haft faid. 38 And it was fo: for he rofe up early on the morrow, and thruft the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. *Genef. 39 And Gideon faid unto God, * Let not thine 40 And God did fo that night: for it was CHAP. VII. 9¶ And it came to pafs the fame night, that the LORD faid unto him, Arife, get thee down unto the hoft, for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy fervant down to the hoft: II And thou shalt hear what they fay, and afterward fhall thine hands be ftrengthened to go down unto the hoit. Then went he down with Phurah his fervant unto the out-fidel of the armed men that were in the hoft. 12 And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the eaft, lay along in the valley like grafhoppers for multitude, and their camels were without number, as the fand by the fea fide for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow,and faid,Behold, I dreamed a dream,and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the hoft of Midian, and came unto a tent, and fmote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow anfwered and faid, This is nothing elte fave the fword of Gideon the fon of Joafh a man of Ifrael: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the hoft. 15 And it was fo, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation g tH/h. the Gideons army of two and thirty thousand is thereof, that he worshipped, and returned hereof. Gideons ftratagem. Judges. into the hoft of Ifrael, and faid, Arife, for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the hoft of Midian. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies,and he put a trumpet in every mans hand with empty pitchers, and band of all lamps within the pitchers." + Heb. trumpets in the of them. 17 And he faid unto them. Look on me, and do likewife; and behold, when I come to the Fre-brande outfide of the camp, it fhall be, that as I do, fo fhall ye do. er,torches Heb. for the LORD, and Gj. deon. 18 When I blow with a trumpet,I,and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets allo on every fide of all the camp, and fay, The word tof the LORD, and of Gideon. 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outfide of the camp, in the beginning of the middle watch, and they had but newly let the watch, and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held their lamps in their left hands, and their trumpets in their right hands to blow withall: and they cry ed, The fword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 21 And they flood every man in his place, round about the camp: and all the hoft ran, and cried and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, *Ifa.9. 4. and the LORD fet every mans fword againft his fellow, even throughout all the hoft: and the hoft fled to Beth-fhittah in Zererath, and to the t border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath. Or, towards. t Heb. Jip. Pfal. 23 And the men of Ifrael gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Afher, and out of all Manatleh, and purfued after the Midianites. 24 And Gideon fent meffengers throughout all mount Ephraim, faying, Come down againit the Midianites,and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah, and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 83 11. 25 And they took two princes of the Midian11.10.28. ites,Oreb and Zeeb: and they flew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they flew at the wineprefs of Zeeb, and puriued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other fide Jordan. Heb. What Ling is b CHAP. VIII. Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites. 4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieve Gideons army. 10 Zebab and Zolmunna are taken. 13 Succoth and Penuel are deftroyed. 17 Gideon revenget bis brethrens death on Zebab and Zalmunna: 22 He refuseth government: 24 His Ephod Cause of idolatry. 28 Midian fubdued. 29 Gideons children and death. 33 The Ifraelites idolatry and ingratitude. Nd the men of Ephraini faid unto him, Why halt thou ferved us thus, that thou calledft us not when thou wenteft to fight with this thou the Midianites? and they did chide with him haft done harply., unte us? Heb. Succoth and Penuel destroyed. over, he and the three hundred men that were with him, faint,yet pursuing them. 5 And he faid 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 Zeba and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in 6 And the princes of Succoth faid, Are thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon faid,Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zeba and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will † tear your flesh with the Heb thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and fpake unto them likewife: and the men of Penuel anfivered him as the men of Succoth had answered kim. 9 And he spake alfo unto the men of Penuel, faying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. threin 10 Now Zeba and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hofts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hofts of the children of the eaft: for there fell an OT, hundred and twenty thousand men that drew an her word. d red and twenty 11 And Gideon went up by the way of them the fand that dwelt in tents, on the eaft of Nobah and every one Jogbeah, and fimote the hoft: for the hoft was drawing a fecure. word. 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he purfued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and + difcomfi-Heh.. ted all the hoft. 13 And Gideon the fon of Joash returned from battel before the fun was up, terrified. 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth,and enquired of him: and he † defcri-† Heb. bed unto him the princes of Succoth,and the el-rit. ders thereof,even threefcore and feventeen men. 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth and faid,Behold, Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, faying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we fhould give bread unto thy men that are weary? 16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and wish them hef taught the men of Succoth. A Heb. 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, made to and flew the men of the city. 1 King 21 Then Zeba and Zalmunna faid, Rife thou and fall upon us for as the man is, fo is his trength. And Gideon arofe,and flew Zebah and z And he faid unto them, What have I done Zalmunna, and took away the u ornaments that Or itrongly now in comparifon of you? is not the glean-ere on their camels necks. ing of the grapes of Ephraim better then the vintage of Abiezer? |