Judges 7:9   (Read all of Judges 7)

During that night the Lord said to Gideon, "Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands.

Judges 7:10   (Read all of Judges 7)

If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah

Judges 7:11   (Read all of Judges 7)

and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp." So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp.

Judges 7:15   (Read all of Judges 7)

When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, "Get up! The Lord has given the Midianite camp into your hands."

Judges 7:18   (Read all of Judges 7)

When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, 'For the Lord and for Gideon.' "

Judges 8:1   (Read all of Judges 8)

Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, "Why have you treated us like this? Why didn't you call us when you went to fight Midian?" And they challenged him vigorously.

Judges 8:2   (Read all of Judges 8)

But he answered them, "What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren't the gleanings of Ephraim's grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?

Judges 8:3   (Read all of Judges 8)

God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?" At this, their resentment against him subsided.

Judges 8:6   (Read all of Judges 8)

But the officials of Sukkoth said, "Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?"

Judges 8:7   (Read all of Judges 8)

Then Gideon replied, "Just for that, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers."

Judges 8:14   (Read all of Judges 8)

He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth, the elders of the town.

Judges 8:15   (Read all of Judges 8)

Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, "Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, 'Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?' "

Judges 8:18   (Read all of Judges 8)

Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?" "Men like you," they answered, "each one with the bearing of a prince."

Judges 8:19   (Read all of Judges 8)

Gideon replied, "Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the Lord lives, if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you."

Judges 8:21   (Read all of Judges 8)

Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Come, do it yourself. 'As is the man, so is his strength.' " So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments off their camels' necks.

Judges 8:22   (Read all of Judges 8)

The Israelites said to Gideon, "Rule over us-you, your son and your grandson-because you have saved us from the hand of Midian."

Judges 8:23   (Read all of Judges 8)

But Gideon told them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you."

Judges 8:24   (Read all of Judges 8)

And he said, "I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder." (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)

Judges 9:2   (Read all of Judges 9)

"Ask all the citizens of Shechem, 'Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal's sons rule over you, or just one man?' Remember, I am your flesh and blood."

Judges 9:5   (Read all of Judges 9)

He went to his father's home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.

Judges 9:7   (Read all of Judges 9)

When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, "Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

Judges 9:15   (Read all of Judges 9)

"The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'

Judges 9:16   (Read all of Judges 9)

"Have you acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelek king? Have you been fair to Jerub-Baal and his family? Have you treated him as he deserves?

Judges 9:17   (Read all of Judges 9)

Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian.