A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 8 Judges 8:1-9 _Gideon's pursuit of the Midianites._ The men of Ephraim asked why they had not been called to help in the beginning of the battle, Since they had rendered valuable service in holding the fords of the Jordan, Gideon complimented them; and their anger subsided. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gideon Captures and Slays Midian's Kings Judges 8:1-28_ 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. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gideon's Children; His Death Judges 8:29-32_ 29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel Turns from God Judges 8:33-35_ 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 Baal-berith their god. 34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the ha... [ Continue Reading ]