Trouvé 138 Résultats pour: Gideon's sign
Gideon replied, 'They were my brothers, the sons of my own mother; as Yahweh lives, if you had spared their lives I would not kill you.' (Judges 8, 19)
Zebah and Zalmunna then said, 'Stand up yourself, and strike us down; for as a man is, so is his strength.' Then Gideon stood up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the crescents from round their camels' necks. (Judges 8, 21)
The men of Israel said to Gideon, 'Rule over us, you, your son and your grandson, since you have rescued us from the power of Midian.' (Judges 8, 22)
But Gideon replied, 'I will not rule you, neither will my son. Yahweh shall rule you.' (Judges 8, 23)
Gideon went on, however, 'Let me make you one request. Each of you give me one ring out of his booty' -- for the vanquished had had gold rings, being Ishmaelites. (Judges 8, 24)
From this Gideon made an ephod and set it up in his town, in Ophrah. All Israel, following his example, prostituted themselves to it, and it was a snare for Gideon and his family. (Judges 8, 27)
Thus Midian was humbled before the Israelites. He did not raise his head again, and the country had peace for forty years, as long as Gideon lived. (Judges 8, 28)
Gideon had seventy sons begotten by him, for he had many wives. (Judges 8, 30)
Gideon son of Joash died after a happy old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of Abiezer. (Judges 8, 32)
After Gideon's death, the people of Israel again began to prostitute themselves to the Baals, taking Baal-Berith for their god. (Judges 8, 33)
And to the family of Jerubbaal -- Gideon -- they showed no faithful gratitude for all the good which it had done for Israel. (Judges 8, 35)
They then turned tail and fled into the desert, towards the Rock of Rimmon. Five thousand of them were picked off on the roads, and the rest were relentlessly pursued as far as Gideon, two thousand of them being killed. (Judges 20, 45)
