Judges 8:21

Translations

Modern

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

Traditional

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.

Literal

And Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself and kill us, for as the man, is his strength.” And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

Latin

Dixeruntque Zebee et Salmana: Tu surge, et irrue in nos: quia juxta ætatem robur est hominis. Surrexit Gedeon, et interfecit Zebee et Salmana: et tulit ornamenta ac bullas quibus colla regalium camelorum decorari solent.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

Notes

Judges 8:21

crescent ornaments (headbands and crescents in Isaiah 3:18): These were common among desert nomads. Jewelry was a lightweight means of carrying wealth.

Judges 8:20–21

Honor was very important in this interaction. Being killed by a woman or a child was seen as shameful (Judges 5:24–27; 9:54).

Judges 8:18–21

The timing of the slaughter at Tabor is unclear; it might have happened during an earlier battle.

Judges 6:1–8:35

Gideon's time as a judge ends the first era of judges.

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon Social Chaos in Judges

Events

Deliverance by Gideon

Related verses

Psalm 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Isaiah 3:18
In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;
Judges 8:26
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
Psalm 83:1
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
1 Samuel 31:5
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
Judges 9:54
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
1 Samuel 31:3
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
Revelation 9:6
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

People

Gideon: Judge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God Zalmunna: Midianite king defeated by Gideon Zebah: Midianite king defeated by Gideon

Glossary

Avenger of Blood Joash Judges, Book of Midian, Midianite Moon Zebah and Zalmunna

Topics

Camel: Ornaments of Captive: Cruelty to Putting to Death God: Preserver: Under Gideon Israel: Under the Judges: Seven Years of Bondage to the Midianites; Delivered by Gideon Midianites: Princes of, Slain Retaliation: The Kings of Midian The Camel of the Rich Adorned with Chains The Ishmaelites: Overcome by Gideon Zalmunna: King of Midian Zebah: King of Midian

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