1Then the men of Ephraim sayde vnto him, Why hast thou serued vs thus that thou calledst vs not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chode with him sharply.

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2 Samuel 19:41, 2 Samuel 19:41, Judges 12:1, Judges 12:6, Judges 12:1

2To whom he said, What haue I now done in comparison of you? is not the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim better, then the vintage of Abiezer?

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James 3:13, James 3:18, Judges 6:11, Judges 6:34, James 1:19

3God hath deliuered into your handes 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.

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Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 15:1, Judges 7:24, Judges 7:25, Judges 7:24

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

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Galatians 6:9, Hebrews 12:1, Hebrews 12:4, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Galatians 6:9

5And he said vnto the men of Succoth, Giue, I pray you, morsels of bread vnto the people that follow me (for they be wearie) that I may follow after Zebah, and Zalmunna Kings of Midian.

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Genesis 33:17, Genesis 33:17, Psalms 60:6, Psalms 60:6, 1 Samuel 25:18

6And the princes of Succoth sayde, Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmunna nowe in thine hads, that we should giue bread vnto thine army?

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1 Kings 20:11, 1 Kings 20:11, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 25:13, Proverbs 18:23

7Gideon then sayde, Therefore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, I will teare your flesh with thornes of the wildernes and with breers.

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Judges 7:15, Judges 7:15

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

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Genesis 32:30, Genesis 32:31, 1 Kings 12:25, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 32:31

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

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Judges 8:17, 1 Kings 22:27, 1 Kings 22:28, Judges 8:17, 1 Kings 22:27

10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hostes with them, about fifteene thousande, all that were left of all the hostes of them of the East: for there was slaine an hundreth and twentie thousand men, that drew swordes.

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Judges 7:12, Judges 7:12, Judges 20:17, Judges 20:35, Judges 20:2

11And Gideon went through them that dwelt in Tabernacles on the East side of Nobah and Iogbehah, and smote the hoste: for the hoste was carelesse.

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Numbers 32:35, Numbers 32:42, Numbers 32:35, Numbers 32:42, Judges 18:27

12And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, hee followed after them, and tooke the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the hoste.

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Psalms 83:11, Psalms 83:11, Joshua 10:16, Joshua 10:18, Joshua 10:22

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

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14And tooke a seruant of the me of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he wrote to him the princes of Succoth and the Elders thereof, euen seuentie and seuen men.

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Judges 1:24, Judges 1:25, 1 Samuel 30:11, 1 Samuel 30:15, Judges 1:24

15And he came vnto the men of Succoth, and sayd, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, by whome ye vpbrayded me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thine hands, that we should giue bread vnto thy weary men?

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Judges 8:6, Judges 8:7, Judges 8:6, Judges 8:7

16Then he tooke the Elders of the citie, and thornes of the wildernes and breers, and did teare the men of Succoth with them.

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Judges 8:7, Judges 8:7, Ezra 2:6, Micah 7:4, Proverbs 19:29

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

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Judges 8:9, Judges 8:9, 1 Kings 12:25, 1 Kings 12:25

18Then saide he vnto Zebah and Zalmunna, What maner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? and they answered, As thou art, so were they: euery one was like the children of a King.

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Judges 4:6, Judges 4:6, Psalms 89:12, Jude 1:16, Psalms 12:2

19And he said, They were my brethren, euen my mothers children: as the Lord liueth, if ye had saued their liues, I would not slay you.

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20Then he sayde vnto Iether his first borne sonne, Vp, and slay them: but the boy drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet yong.

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1 Samuel 15:33, Joshua 10:24, Psalms 149:9, 1 Samuel 15:33, Joshua 10:24

21Then Zebah and Zalmunna sayd, Rise thou, and fall vpon vs: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and tooke away the ornamentes, that were on their camels neckes.

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Psalms 83:11, Psalms 83:11, Isaiah 3:18, Judges 8:26, Isaiah 3:18

22Then the men of Israel sayd vnto Gideon, Reigne thou ouer vs, both thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne: for thou hast deliuered vs out of the hand of Midian.

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1 Samuel 8:5, John 6:15, Judges 9:8, Judges 9:15, 1 Samuel 12:12

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

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Isaiah 33:22, Isaiah 33:22, 1 Samuel 12:12, 1 Samuel 12:12, 1 Samuel 10:19

24Againe 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)

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Genesis 25:13, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28

25And they answered, Wee will giue them. And they spred a garment, and did cast therein euery man the earings of his pray.

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26And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousande and seuen hundreth shekels of golde, beside collers and iewels, and purple rayment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the cheynes that were about their camels neckes.

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Esther 8:15, John 19:5, Revelation 18:12, Revelation 18:16, John 19:2

27And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in Ophrah his citie: and all Israel went a whoring there after it, which was the destruction of Gideon and his house.

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Judges 17:5, Psalms 106:39, Judges 18:14, Judges 17:5, Psalms 106:39

28Thus was Midian brought lowe before the children of Israel, so that they lift vp their heads no more: and the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeeres in the dayes of Gideon.

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Judges 5:31, Judges 5:31, Judges 3:11, Judges 3:11, Psalms 83:9

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

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Judges 7:1, Judges 6:32, Judges 7:1, Judges 6:32, Nehemiah 5:14

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

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Judges 9:5, Judges 9:2, Judges 9:5, Judges 9:2, Deuteronomy 17:17

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

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Judges 9:18, Genesis 16:15, Judges 9:1, Judges 9:5, Genesis 20:2

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

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Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 15:15, Job 5:26, Judges 6:24

33But when Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned away and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their God.

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Judges 9:46, Judges 9:4, Judges 2:19, Judges 9:46, Judges 9:4

34And the children of Israel remembred not the Lord their God, which had deliuered the out of the hands of all their enemies on euery side.

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Psalms 78:42, Psalms 78:42, Psalms 78:11, Psalms 78:11, Psalms 106:21

35Neither shewed they mercy on the house of Ierubbaal, or Gideon, according to al the goodnesse which he had shewed vnto Israel.

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Judges 9:16, Judges 9:19, Ecclesiastes 9:14, Ecclesiastes 9:15, Judges 9:5