07:008:012 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.
07:008:013 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from
battle before the
sun
was up,
07:008:014 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.
07:008:015 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?
07:008:016 And he took the elders of the city, and
thorns of the
wilderness
and briers, and with them he taught the men of
Succoth.
07:008:017 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and
slew the men of the
city.
07:008:018 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.
07:008:019 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.
07:008:020 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.
07:008:021 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.
07:008:022 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.
07:008:023 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule
over you, neither
shall
my son rule over you: the lord shall rule
over you.
07:008:024 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.)
07:008:025 And they answered, We will willingly give
them. And they
spread
a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings
of
his prey.
07:008:026 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.


