Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jdg 7:15 |
| When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. 1 Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!” |
| (1.00) | Jdg 8:1 |
| The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us 1 when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him. |
| (1.00) | Jdg 8:5 |
| He said to the men of Succoth, “Give 1 some loaves of bread to the men 2 who are following me, 3 because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” |
| (1.00) | Jdg 8:15 |
| He approached the men of Succoth and said, “Look what I have! 1 Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying, ‘You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 8:24 |
| Gideon continued, 1 “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” 2 (The Midianites 3 had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.) |
| (1.00) | Jdg 8:26 |
| The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. 1 This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, 2 purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 8:27 |
| Gideon used all this to make 1 an ephod, 2 which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites 3 prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it 4 there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family. |
| (1.00) | Jdg 8:33 |
| After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith 1 their god. |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:3 |
| His mother’s relatives 1 spoke on his behalf to 2 all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal. 3 The leaders were drawn to Abimelech; 4 they said, “He is our close relative.” 5 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:4 |
| They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous 1 men as his followers. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:16 |
| “Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, 1 if you have properly repaid him 2 – |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:19 |
| So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family 1 today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! 2 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:23 |
| God sent a spirit to stir up hostility 1 between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal 2 to Abimelech. |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:25 |
| The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting 1 bandits in 2 the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:30 |
| When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious. 1 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:31 |
| He sent messengers to Abimelech, who was in Arumah, 1 reporting, “Beware! 2 Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers are coming 3 to Shechem and inciting the city to rebel against you. 4 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:37 |
| Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center 1 of the land. A unit 2 is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” 3 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:38 |
| Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, 1 ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men 2 you insulted? 3 Go out now and fight them!” |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:47 |
| Abimelech heard 1 that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place. 2 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 9:54 |
| He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, 1 “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, 2 ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died. |
