¹⁸ Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?^(A)”

“Men like you,” they answered, “each one with the bearing of a prince.”

¹⁹ Gideon replied, “Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the Lord lives,^(A) if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.”