Zebah and Zalmunna Routed

1 Then the men of Ephraim said to him, “(A)What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him vigorously. 2 But he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3 God has given the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb into your hands; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their (a)anger toward him subsided when he said (b)that.

Footnotes:

a. Judges 8:3: ['Lit ', spirit]
b. Judges 8:3: ['Lit ', this thing]

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