07:007:023 And the men of Israel gathered themselves
together out of
Naphtali,
and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and
pursued
after the Midianites.
07:007:024 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all
mount Ephraim,
saying,
come down against the Midianites, and take before them
the
waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the
men of
Ephraim
gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto
Bethbarah
and Jordan.
07:007:025 And they took two princes of the Midianites,
Oreb and Zeeb;
and
they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew
at
the
winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought
the
heads
of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
07:008:001 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.
07:008:002 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?
07:008:003 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.
07:008:004 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over,
he, and the three
hundred
men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
07:008:005 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.
07:008:006 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?
07:008:007 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.
07:008:008 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.
07:008:009 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel,
saying, When I come
again
in peace, I will break down this tower.
07:008:010 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.
07:008:011 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.


