Judges 8:20

וַיֹּאמֶר לְיֶתֶר בְּכוֹרוֹ קוּם הֲרֹג אוֹתָם וְלֹא ־ שָׁלַף הַנַּעַר חַרְבּוֹ כִּי יָרֵא כִּי עוֹדֶנּוּ נָֽעַר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

In Context

19וַיֹּאמַר אַחַי בְּנֵֽי ־ אִמִּי הֵם חַי ־ יְהוָה לוּ הַחֲיִתֶם אוֹתָם לֹא הָרַגְתִּי אֶתְכֶֽם ׃

21וַיֹּאמֶר זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע קוּם אַתָּה וּפְגַע ־ בָּנוּ כִּי כָאִישׁ גְּבוּרָתוֹ וַיָּקָם גִּדְעוֹן וַֽיַּהֲרֹג אֶת ־ זֶבַח וְאֶת ־ צַלְמֻנָּע וַיִּקַּח אֶת ־ הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים אֲשֶׁר בְּצַוְּארֵי גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 10:24וַיְהִי כְּֽהוֹצִיאָם אֶת ־ הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה אֶל ־ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיִּקְרָא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל ־ כָּל ־ אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל ־ קְצִינֵי אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה הֶהָלְכוּא אִתּוֹ קִרְבוּ שִׂימוּ אֶת ־ רַגְלֵיכֶם עַֽל ־ צַוְּארֵי הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ וַיָּשִׂימוּ אֶת ־ רַגְלֵיהֶם עַל ־ צַוְּארֵיהֶֽם ׃

Psalms 149:9לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּהֶם ׀ מִשְׁפָּט כָּתוּב הָדָר הוּא לְכָל ־ חֲסִידָיו הַֽלְלוּ ־ יָֽהּ ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:19-22

Zebah and Zalmunna Slain. ( b. c. 1249.) 18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. 19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. 20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 21 Then Zebah and… Read the whole commentary →

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