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Judges Chapter 8

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Judges

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Gideon’s brothers, who had betrayed him, kill his two sons and threaten his family, prompting him to flee to the wilderness where God commands him to build an altar. The chapter highlights the consequences of disobedience and the power of divine judgment, while also showing Gideon’s faithful response to God’s call.

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(1) And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
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Judges 12:1Judges 12:2Judges 12:3Judges 12:4Judges 12:5Judges 12:6II Samuel 19:41Job 5:2Ecclesiastes 4:4James 4:5James 4:6

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Exodus 17:2I Samuel 1:8Judges 7:24Judges 12:4Isaiah 11:13

(2) And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
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I Corinthians 13:4I Corinthians 13:5I Corinthians 13:6I Corinthians 13:7Galatians 5:14Galatians 5:15Philippians 2:2Philippians 2:3James 1:19James 1:20James 3:13James 3:14

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Isaiah 24:13Judges 12:4Isaiah 11:13

(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? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
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Judges 7:24Judges 7:25Psalms 44:3Psalms 115:1Psalms 118:14Psalms 118:15Psalms 118:16John 4:37Romans 12:3Romans 12:6Romans 15:18Romans 15:19

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Judges 7:25I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4

(4) And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
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I Samuel 14:28I Samuel 14:29I Samuel 14:31I Samuel 14:32I Samuel 30:10II Corinthians 4:8II Corinthians 4:9II Corinthians 4:16Galatians 6:9Hebrews 12:1Hebrews 12:2Hebrews 12:3

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Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:7I Samuel 9:4Joshua 5:1Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23

(5) And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
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Genesis 33:17Psalms 60:6Genesis 14:18Deuteronomy 23:4I Samuel 25:18II Samuel 17:28II Samuel 17:29III John 1:6III John 1:7III John 1:8

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Judges 8:12Judges 8:15Judges 8:21Judges 8:6

(6) And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
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Judges 5:23Genesis 25:13Genesis 37:25Genesis 37:28I Samuel 25:10I Samuel 25:11I Kings 20:11II Kings 14:9Proverbs 18:23Philippians 2:21

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Judges 8:15Judges 8:12Judges 8:21Judges 8:14Psalms 68:27Psalms 83:11

(7) And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
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Judges 8:21Judges 8:12Judges 8:15Judges 8:16I Samuel 23:14

(8) And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
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Genesis 32:30Genesis 32:31I Kings 12:25

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I Kings 12:25

(9) And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
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I Kings 22:27I Kings 22:28

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Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(10) Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
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Judges 7:12Judges 7:22Judges 20:2Judges 20:15Judges 20:17Judges 20:25Judges 20:35Judges 20:46II Kings 3:26II Chronicles 13:17II Chronicles 28:6II Chronicles 28:8

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Zechariah 1:3Ezekiel 45:12II Chronicles 2:10Isaiah 18:7Isaiah 22:14Jeremiah 46:10

(11) And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
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Numbers 32:35Numbers 32:42Judges 18:27I Samuel 15:32I Samuel 30:16I Thessalonians 5:3

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Judges 7:15Exodus 14:24Judges 4:16Judges 7:11Judges 7:13Judges 7:22

(12) And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
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Joshua 10:16Joshua 10:17Joshua 10:18Joshua 10:22Joshua 10:23Joshua 10:24Joshua 10:25Job 12:16Job 12:17Job 12:18Job 12:19Job 12:20

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Judges 8:15Judges 8:21Judges 8:5Judges 8:6Judges 8:7Judges 8:10

(13) And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
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Ecclesiastes 9:11Isaiah 38:8Judges 8:32

(14) And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
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Judges 1:24Judges 1:25I Samuel 30:11I Samuel 30:12I Samuel 30:13I Samuel 30:14I Samuel 30:15

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Genesis 33:17Deuteronomy 22:6Judges 8:6Psalms 68:27Judges 8:16

(15) And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
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Judges 8:6Judges 8:7

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Judges 8:12Judges 8:21Judges 8:5Judges 8:6Judges 8:7Judges 8:10

(16) And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
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Judges 8:7Proverbs 10:13Proverbs 19:29Ezra 2:6Micah 7:4

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Judges 8:7Judges 8:14

(17) And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
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Judges 8:9I Kings 12:25

(18) Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
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Judges 4:6Psalms 89:12Psalms 12:2Jude 1:16

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Judges 8:21Judges 8:12Judges 8:15

(19) And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
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Luke 12:53II Kings 4:30

(20) And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
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Joshua 10:24I Samuel 15:33Psalms 149:9

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I Samuel 17:33Ecclesiastes 11:9Ezekiel 23:21Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:15

(21) Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
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Judges 9:54I Samuel 31:3I Samuel 31:5Revelation 9:6Psalms 83:1Isaiah 3:18

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Judges 8:12Judges 8:15Judges 8:18Judges 8:7Judges 8:5Judges 8:6

(22) Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
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Judges 9:8Judges 9:9Judges 9:10Judges 9:11Judges 9:12Judges 9:13Judges 9:14Judges 9:15I Samuel 8:5I Samuel 12:12John 6:15

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Judges 8:23Judges 7:14Judges 7:15

(23) And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
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Judges 2:18Judges 10:18Judges 11:9Judges 11:10Judges 11:11Luke 22:24Luke 22:25Luke 22:26Luke 22:27II Corinthians 1:24I Peter 5:3I Samuel 8:6

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Genesis 1:16Judges 8:22Genesis 1:18Genesis 3:16Genesis 4:7Leviticus 25:43

(24) And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
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Genesis 24:22Genesis 24:53Exodus 12:35Exodus 32:3I Peter 3:3I Peter 3:4I Peter 3:5Genesis 16:10Genesis 16:11Genesis 25:13Genesis 37:25Genesis 37:28

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Exodus 32:2Exodus 32:3Judges 8:26Judges 8:25Judges 5:30

(25) And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
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Revelation 10:6Leviticus 13:47Isaiah 33:23Judges 8:24Judges 5:30

(26) And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
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Esther 8:15Jeremiah 10:9Ezekiel 27:7Luke 16:19John 19:2John 19:5Revelation 17:4Revelation 18:12Revelation 18:16

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Leviticus 23:38Genesis 24:22Numbers 31:8Isaiah 45:21Judges 8:21Exodus 30:23

(27) And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
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Judges 17:5Judges 18:14Judges 18:17Exodus 28:6Exodus 28:7Exodus 28:8Exodus 28:9Exodus 28:10Exodus 28:11Exodus 28:12I Samuel 23:9I Samuel 23:10

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Judges 6:22I Samuel 30:7Exodus 28:28Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:21Judges 8:33

(28) Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
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Psalms 83:9Psalms 83:10Psalms 83:11Psalms 83:12Isaiah 9:4Isaiah 10:26Judges 3:11Judges 3:30Judges 5:31

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Judges 7:25Job 2:12

(29) And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
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Judges 6:32I Samuel 12:11Nehemiah 5:14Nehemiah 5:15

(30) And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
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Judges 9:2Judges 9:5Judges 10:4Judges 12:9Judges 12:14Genesis 46:26Exodus 1:5II Kings 10:1Genesis 2:24Genesis 7:7Deuteronomy 17:17II Samuel 3:2

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II Chronicles 11:21I Corinthians 15:44Luke 11:34I Corinthians 12:12

(31) And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
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Judges 9:1Judges 9:2Judges 9:3Judges 9:4Judges 9:5Genesis 16:15Genesis 22:24Judges 9:18Genesis 20:2

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Judges 9:20Judges 9:23Genesis 22:24I Samuel 12:3II Samuel 3:7Philippians 3:19

(32) And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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Genesis 15:15Genesis 25:8Joshua 24:29Joshua 24:30Job 5:26Job 42:17Judges 8:27Judges 6:24

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II Kings 13:13Judges 6:11II Kings 14:1II Kings 14:23II Chronicles 25:23II Chronicles 25:25

(33) And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
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Judges 2:7Judges 2:8Judges 2:9Judges 2:10Judges 2:17Judges 2:19Joshua 24:31II Kings 12:2II Chronicles 24:17II Chronicles 24:18Judges 8:27Exodus 34:15

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Judges 8:27

(34) And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
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Psalms 78:11Psalms 78:42Psalms 106:18Psalms 106:21Ecclesiastes 12:1Jeremiah 2:32

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Joshua 21:44Judges 2:14

(35) Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
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Judges 9:5Judges 9:16Judges 9:17Judges 9:18Judges 9:19Ecclesiastes 9:14Ecclesiastes 9:15

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