JUDGES CHAPTER 8 The Ephraimites are displeased with Gideon; he satisfies them, Judges 8:1-3. He pursueth two kings of the Midianites he punisheth those of Succoth and Penuel, Judges 8:4-17. He revengeth his brethren's death on the two kings, Judges 8:18-21. He refuseth government, Judges 8:22,23; demandeth a present of the spoil, and thereof makes an ephod; places it in Ophrah; it is a cause of idolatry, Judges 8:24-27. Gideon's children, wives, death, and burial, Judges 8:30-32. Israel revolts to idolatry; is ungrateful to Gideon's family, Judges 8:33-35. Why hast thou neglected and despised us, in not calling us in to thy help, as thou didst other tribes? These were a proud people, Isaiah 11:13, puffed up with a conceit of their number and strength, and the preference which Jacob by Divine direction gave them above Manasseh, Genesis 48:19,20, of which tribe Gideon was, who by this act had seemed to advance his own tribe, and to depress theirs.
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Judges 8:1
1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.