Jun 21, 2022
Gideon deals with the Onlookers
Judges 8:1-21
*8 *Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?” And they challenged him vigorously.
*2 *But he answered them, “What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer? *3 *God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided.
*4 *Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it. *5 *He said to the men of Sukkoth, “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
*6 *But the officials of Sukkoth said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?”
*7 *Then Gideon replied, “Just for that, when the Lord has given Z…