1	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. [Why...: Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us] [sharply: Heb. strongly]
			2	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 Abiezer?
			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# . [anger: Heb. spirit]
			4	And Gideon came# to Jordan, and passed over# , he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing# them .
			5	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.
			6	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?
			7	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. [tear: Heb. thresh]
			8	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 .
			9	And he spake# also unto the men of Penuel, saying# , When I come again# in peace, I will break down# this tower.
			10	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. [men that...: or, every one drawing a sword]
			11	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.
			12	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. [discomfited: Heb. terrified]
			13	And Gideon the son of Joash returned# from battle before the sun was up ,
			14	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. [described: Heb. writ]
			15	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?
			16	And he took# the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught# the men of Succoth. [taught: Heb. made to know]
			17	And he beat down# the tower of Penuel, and slew# the men of the city.
			18	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. [resembled...: Heb. according to the form, etc]
			19	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.
			20	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.
			21	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. [ornaments: or, ornaments like the moon]
			22	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.
			23	And Gideon said# unto them, I will not rule# over you, neither shall my son rule# over you: the LORD shall rule# over you.
			24	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.)
			25	And they answered# , We will willingly# give# them . And they spread# a garment, and did cast# therein every man the earrings of his prey.
			26	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. [collars: or, sweet jewels]
			27	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.
			28	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.
			29	And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went# and dwelt# in his own house.
			30	And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten# : for he had many wives. [of his...: Heb. going out of his thigh]
			31	And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare# him a son, whose name he called# Abimelech. [called: Heb. set]
			32	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 Abiezrites.
			33	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# Baalberith their god.
			34	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:
			35	Neither shewed# they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely , Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed# unto Israel.