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Gideon answered them, "Well, when Yahweh has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will skin your flesh with the thorns and thistles of the desert." (Judges 8, 7)
So Gideon said, "When I return victorious, I will tear down this tower." (Judges 8, 9)
Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the people of the East; a hundred and twenty thousand warriors had died! (Judges 8, 10)
Gideon went up by the road of the nomads, east of Nobah and Yogbehah, and fell upon Zebah and Zalmunna and their army. (Judges 8, 11)
Zebah and Zalmunna fled. He pursued them, took the two as prisoners and scattered all their army. (Judges 8, 12)
After the battle, Gideon, the son of Joash, returned through the slope of Heres. (Judges 8, 13)
Gideon went to the people of Succoth and said to them, "Here are Zebah and Zalmunna about whom you mocked me by saying: Have you by chance already restrained the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna for us to give bread to your hungry troops?" (Judges 8, 15)
Gideon answered, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you." (Judges 8, 19)
So Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his courage." Gideon arose and killed them, and took the ornaments off their camels' necks. (Judges 8, 21)
The Israelites said to Gideon, "Since you have saved us from the Midianites, you shall be our king, and after you, your son and the descendants of your son." (Judges 8, 22)
But Gideon answered, "I will not rule over Israel, nor my son, for Yahweh is our king!" (Judges 8, 23)
Gideon added, "I will ask something from you. Let each of you give me an earring from your booty." Gideon said this for these Midianites wore gold earrings like all the Ishmaelites. (Judges 8, 24)
