²¹ Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Come, do it yourself. ‘As is the man, so is his strength.’” So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments^(A) off their camels’ necks.

¹⁸ In that day^(A) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,^(B)

²⁶ The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,^[a] not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains^(A) that were on their camels’ necks.

⁶ During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.^(A)

Psalm 83^[a]

A song. A psalm of Asaph.

⁵ When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.

³ The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded^(A) him critically.

⁵⁴ Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me,^(A) so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died.