Verse 24

Judges 8:24

Geneva Bible

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24 Againe Gideon sayd vnto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would giue mee euery man the earings of his pray (for they had golden earings because they were Ismaelites)

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֜ם גִּדְע֗וֹן אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה מִ/כֶּם֙ שְׁאֵלָ֔ה וּ/תְנוּ לִ֕/י אִ֖ישׁ נֶ֣זֶם שְׁלָל֑/וֹ כִּֽי נִזְמֵ֤י זָהָב֙ לָ/הֶ֔ם כִּ֥י יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים הֵֽם

English Translation

And Gideon said to them, "I will ask you a question, and give me each man a ring of your spoil, for they had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites."

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Chapter 8 Context

1 Then the men of Ephraim sayde vnto him, Why hast thou serued vs thus that thou calledst vs not, when... Focus ↗

2 To whom he said, What haue I now done in comparison of you? is not the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim... Focus ↗

3 God (Elohim) hath deliuered into your handes the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I ab... Focus ↗

4 And Gideon came to Iorden to passe ouer, hee, and the three hundreth men that were with him, weary,... Focus ↗

5 And he said vnto the men of Succoth, Giue, I pray you, morsels of bread vnto the people that follow... Focus ↗

6 And the princes of Succoth sayde, Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmunna nowe in thine hads, that we s... Focus ↗

7 Gideon then sayde, Therefore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, I will... Focus ↗

8 And he went vp thence to Penuel, and spake vnto them likewise, and the men of Penuel answered him, a... Focus ↗

9 And he sayd also vnto the men of Penuel, When I come againe in peace, I will breake downe this towre... Focus ↗

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hostes with them, about fifteene thousande, all tha... Focus ↗

11 And Gideon went through them that dwelt in Tabernacles on the East side of Nobah and Iogbehah, and s... Focus ↗

12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, hee followed after them, and tooke the two kings of Midian, Zebah... Focus ↗

13 So Gideon the sonne of Ioash returned from battel, the sunne being yet hie, Focus ↗

14 And tooke a seruant of the me of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he wrote to him the princes of Su... Focus ↗

15 And he came vnto the men of Succoth, and sayd, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, by whome ye vpbrayded me,... Focus ↗

16 Then he tooke the Elders of the citie, and thornes of the wildernes and breers, and did teare the me... Focus ↗

17 Also he brake downe the towre of Penuel, and slew the men of the citie. Focus ↗

18 Then saide he vnto Zebah and Zalmunna, What maner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? and they... Focus ↗

19 And he said, They were my brethren, euen my mothers children: as the Lord liueth, if ye had saued th... Focus ↗

20 Then he sayde vnto Iether his first borne sonne, Vp, and slay them: but the boy drew not his sword:... Focus ↗

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna sayd, Rise thou, and fall vpon vs: for as the man is, so is his strength. An... Focus ↗

22 Then the men of Israel sayd vnto Gideon, Reigne thou ouer vs, both thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonn... Focus ↗

23 And Gideon sayde vnto them, I will not reigne ouer you, neither shall my childe reigne ouer you, but... Focus ↗

24 Againe Gideon sayd vnto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would giue mee euery man the...

25 And they answered, Wee will giue them. And they spred a garment, and did cast therein euery man the... Focus ↗

26 And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousande and seuen hundreth shekels of... Focus ↗

27 And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in Ophrah his citie: and all Israel went a whoring ther... Focus ↗

28 Thus was Midian brought lowe before the children of Israel, so that they lift vp their heads no more... Focus ↗

29 Then Ierubbaal the sonne of Ioash went, and dwelt in his owne house. Focus ↗

30 And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues. Focus ↗

31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech. Focus ↗

32 So Gideon the sonne of Ioash dyed in a good age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Ioash his father... Focus ↗

33 But when Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned away and went a whoring after Baalim, and ma... Focus ↗

34 And the children of Israel remembred not the Lord their God (Elohim), which had deliuered the out of... Focus ↗

35 Neither shewed they mercy on the house of Ierubbaal, or Gideon, according to al the goodnesse which... Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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