Judges
Judges 8
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Judges 8 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And the men of said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the ? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of better than the vintage of -ezer? God hath delivered into your hands the princes of , Oreb and : and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. And came to , and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. And he said unto the men of , Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after and , kings of . And the princes of said, Are the hands of and now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? And said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered and into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. And he went up thence to , and spake unto them likewise: and the men of answered him as the men of had answered him. And he spake also unto the men of , saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. Now and were in , 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 . And went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents the east of and , and smote the host: for the host was secure. And when and fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of , Zebah and , and discomfited all the host. And the son of returned from battle before the sun was up, And caught a young man of the men of , and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of , and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. And he came unto the men of , and said, Behold and , with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of and now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary? And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of . And he beat down the tower of , and slew the men of the city. Then said he unto and , What manner of men were they whom ye slew at ? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. 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 his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his : for he feared, because he was yet a youth. Then and said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And arose, and slew and , and took away the ornaments that were their camels’ necks. Then the men of said unto , Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of . And said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. And 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 .) 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 of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was the kings of , and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks. And made an thereof, and it in his city, even in : and all went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto , and to his house. Thus was subdued before the children of , so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of . And the son of went and dwelt in his own house. And had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. And his concubine that was in , she also bare him a son, whose name he called . And the son of died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father, in of the -ezrites. And it came to pass, as soon as was dead, that the children of turned again, and went a whoring after , and made -berith their god. And the children of remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies every side: Neither shewed they kindness to the house of , namely, , according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto .