| 1 | All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family. | |
| 2 | His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech. | |
| 3 | Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army. | |
| 4 | And that is what happened. Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew--a bowlful of water. | |
| 5 | His friend responded, "This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. |