Judges 7:24-8:3
1599 Geneva Bible
24 And Gideon sent messengers unto all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the [a]waters unto Beth Barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and took the waters unto Beth Barah, and Jordan.
25 And they took two (A)princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb, and slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and slew Zeeb at [b]the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued the Midianites, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond Jordan.
8 1 Ephraim murmureth against Gideon, who appeaseth them. 4 He passeth the Jordan. 16 He revengeth himself on them of Succoth and Penuel. 27 He maketh an Ephod which was the cause of idolatry. 30 Of Gideon’s sons and of his death.
1 Then the men of Ephraim said unto him, [c]Why hast thou served us thus that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chide with him sharply.
2 To whom he said, What have I now done, in comparison of [d]you? is not the [e]gleaning of 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? and when he had thus spoken, then their spirits abated toward him.
Footnotes
- Judges 7:24 Meaning, the passages or the fords, that they should not escape.
- Judges 7:25 These places had their names of the acts that were done there.
- Judges 8:1 They began to cavil, because he had the glory of the victory.
- Judges 8:2 Which have slain two princes, Oreb and Zeeb.
- Judges 8:2 This last act of the whole tribe is more famous, than the whole enterprise of one man of one family.
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