Gideon Tortures & Kills His Own People – Judges – The Brick Bible

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The army fled and the Israelites chased the Midianites.

1 of 15 Judges 7:22–23

They captured the two Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb.

2 of 15 Judges 7:25

They killed them and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon who was at the Jordan River.

3 of 15 Judges 7:25

Gideon and his three hundred men pursued the Midianites across the Jordan, but they were exhausted.

4 of 15 Judges 8:4

So Gideon said to the men of Succoth,'Give my men some bread, for they are exhausted and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.'

5 of 15 Judges 8:5

The officials of Succoth replied, 'You have not yet captured Zebah and Zalmunna, so why should we give bread to your army?'

6 of 15 Judges 8:6

Gideon said, 'So be it. When Yahweh puts Zebah and Zalmunna in my power, I will tear off your flesh with desert thorns and thistle.'

7 of 15 Judges 8:7

He went up to Penuel and made the same request, but the men of Penuel told him the same thing as the men in Succoth. So he said to them, 'When I return safely, I will tear down this tower!'

8 of 15 Judges 8:8

Zebah and Zalmunna and the remaining Midianite army of 15,000 were in Karkor when Gideon ambushed them, taking them by surprise.

9 of 15 Judges 8:10–11

He routed the panicked army.

10 of 15 Judges 8:12

Gideon returned from the battle and said to the men of Succoth, 'Look! Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me.'

11 of 15 Judges 8:13,15

He seized seventy-seven of the town's elders, took some desert thorns and thistle and threshed the men of Succoth.

12 of 15 Judges 8:16,14

He then destroyed the tower of Penuel.

13 of 15 Judges 8:17

And he slaughtered the men of the town.

14 of 15 Judges 8:17

And he slaughtered the men of the town.

15 of 15 Judges 8:17

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