Judges 8:18-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What were the men like that you killed on Mount Tabor?”

They answered, “They were like you. Each one of them looked like ·a prince [^Lsons of a king].”

¹⁹ Gideon said, “Those were my brothers, my mother’s sons. As surely as the Lord lives, I would not kill you if you had spared them.” ²⁰ Then Gideon said to Jether, his oldest son, “Kill them.” But Jether was only a boy and was afraid, so he did not draw his sword.

²¹ Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Come on. ·Kill us [^LDo it] yourself. As the saying goes, ‘·It takes a man to do a man’s job [^LAs is a man, so is his strength; ^Cit was honorable to be killed by a great warrior, but humiliating to be killed by a boy].’” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna and took the ·decorations [^Lcrescent-shaped ornaments] off their camels’ necks.