Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up yourself and strike us down, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
In context
19He said, “They were my brothers, my own mother’s sons. As surely as Yahweh lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.” 20Then he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword, because he was afraid — he was still just a boy. 21Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up yourself and strike us down, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels. 22The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us — you, your son, and your grandson — because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” 23But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. Yahweh will rule over you.”
