Gideon Establishes Idolatry – Judges – The Brick Bible

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Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, 'The men you killed at Tabor were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. If you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.'

1 of 13 Judges 8:18–19

Gideon said to his eldest son Jether, 'Stand up and kill them!'

2 of 13 Judges 8:20

But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, for he was only a boy.

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Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Strike us yourself, for a man is shown by his strength.'

4 of 13 Judges 8:21

So Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna.

5 of 13 Judges 8:21

Then men of Israel said to Gideon, 'Rule over us--you, your son, and your grandson--because you rescued us from the Midianites.'

6 of 13 Judges 8:22

Gideon replied, 'Neither I or my son will rule over you. Yahweh will rule over you.'

7 of 13 Judges 8:23

'But allow me one request,' said Gideon. 'Each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.'

8 of 13 Judges 8:24

The weight of the rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels of gold.

9 of 13 Judges 8:26

Gideon made the gold into an ephod and placed it in his hometown of Ophrah.

10 of 13 Judges 8:27

All of Israel prostituted themselves to it there. And the land was at peace for forty years.

11 of 13 Judges 8:27–28

Gideon settled down and fathered seventy sons through his many wives.

12 of 13 Judges 8:30

And through his concubine in Shechem, he fathered a son he named Abimelech.

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Abimelech Slaughters 69 Brothers

Abimelech Slaughters 69 Brothers