Judges 8:18-21

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁸ Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What about^[a] the men you killed at Tabor?”

They said, “They were just like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.”

¹⁹ “They were my brothers,” Gideon answered, “the sons of my mother. As surely as the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

²⁰ Then he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them right now.” But the young man did not draw his sword because he was afraid, because he was still just a youth.

²¹ Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You get up and strike us down yourself, for a man’s strength shows what kind of man he is.” Gideon stepped up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he collected the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.