Judges 8:21

Easy To Read Version

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Come on, kill us yourself. You are a man and strong enough to do the job.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. Then Gideon took the decorations shaped like the moon off their camels’ necks.

Cross References

Psalm 83:1

God, don’t keep quiet!\par Don’t close your ears!\par Please say something, God.\par

Psalm 83:11

God, defeat the enemy’s leaders.\par Do what you did to Oreb and Zeeb.\par Do what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna.\par

Psalm 83:12

God, those people wanted to force us\par to leave your land!\par

Isaiah 3:18

At that time, the Lord will take away all the things they are proud of: the beautiful ankle bracelets, the necklaces that look like the sun and the moon,

Joshua 10:26

Then Joshua killed the five kings. He hanged their bodies on five trees. Joshua left them hanging in the trees until evening.

Revelation 9:6

During those days people will look for a way to die, but they will not find it. They will want to die, but death will hide from them.

Judges 15:12

Then they said to Samson, “We have come to tie you up. We will give you to the Philistine people.”

Judges 8:20

Then Gideon turned to Jether. Jether was Gideon’s oldest son. Gideon said to him, “Kill these kings.” But Jether was only a boy and was afraid. So he would not take out his sword.

Judges 8:22

The people of Israel said to Gideon, “You saved us from the people of Midian. So now, rule over us. We want you, your son and your grandson to rule over us.”

Judges 8:26

When those earrings were gathered up, they weighed about 43 pounds. [71] This did not include the other gifts the people of Israel gave to Gideon. They also gave him jewelry shaped like the moon and jewelry shaped like teardrops. And they gave him purple robes. These were things that the kings of the people of Midian had worn. They also gave him the chains from the camels of the Midianite kings.

Judges 9:54

Abimelech quickly said to the servant that carried his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me. I want you to kill me so that people won’t say, ‘A woman killed Abimelech.’” So the servant stabbed Abimelech with his sword, and Abimelech died.

1 Samuel 31:3

The battle became worse and worse against Saul. The archers [217] shot arrows at Saul, and Saul was hurt very badly.

1 Samuel 31:5

The helper saw that Saul was dead, so he used his own sword and killed himself. He died there with Saul.