Verse 14
Judges 8:14
World English Bible, British Edition
14
He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him; and
he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּלְכָּד נַ֛עַר מֵ/אַנְשֵׁ֥י סֻכּ֖וֹת וַ/יִּשְׁאָלֵ֑/הוּ וַ/יִּכְתֹּ֨ב אֵלָ֜י/ו אֶת שָׂרֵ֤י סֻכּוֹת֙ וְ/אֶת זְקֵנֶ֔י/הָ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְ/שִׁבְעָ֖ה אִֽישׁ
English Translation
And a young man from the men of Succoth was captured, and he asked him, and he wrote to him the rulers of Succoth and the elders of the seventy and seven men.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you
didn’t call us when you...
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2
He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the
gleaning of the grapes of E...
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3
God (Elohim) has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb!
What was I able to d...
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4
Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred
men who were with him, faint, ye...
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5
He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people
who follow me; for they ar...
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6
The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna
now in your hand, that we should g...
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7
Gideon said, “Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna
into my hand, then I will tea...
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8
He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way;
and the men of Penuel answered him as...
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9
He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace,
I will break down this towe...
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10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with
them, about fifteen thousand men, all w...
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11
Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of
Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck...
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12
Zebah and Zalmunna fled and he pursued them. He took the two kings of
Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, an...
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13
Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of
Heres.
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14
He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him; and
he described for him the princ...
15
He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning
whom you taunted me, sa...
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16
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers,
and with them he taught the...
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17
He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
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18
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they
whom you killed at Tabor?”
They answ...
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19
He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the
LORD lives, if you had saved them ali...
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20
He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up and kill them!” But
the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he...
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21
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You rise and fall on us; for as
the man is, so is his strength.” Gide...
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22
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you,
your son, and your son’s son also; f...
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23
Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall
my son rule over you. The LORD shall r...
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24
Gideon said to them, “I do have a request: that you would each give
me the earrings of his plunder.”...
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25
They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment,
and every man threw the earring...
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26
The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand
and seven hundred shekels of go...
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27
Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then
all Israel played the prostitut...
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28
So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted
up their heads no more. The lan...
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29
Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
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30
Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.
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31
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him
Abimelech.
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32
Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the
tomb of Joash his father, in O...
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33
As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again
and played the prostitute following...
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34
The children of Israel didn’t remember the LORD their God (Elohim), who had delivered
them out of th...
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35
neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon,
according to all the good...
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