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Judges 8:18-20
New Catholic Bible
Judges 8:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Where are the men whom you killed at Tabor?” They replied, “Each one of them looked like you, like the son of a king.” 19 He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. I swear to God, if you had spared them, I would not kill you.”
20 Then he said to Jether,[a] his firstborn, “Stand up, kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword because he was afraid; he was still quite young.
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- Judges 8:20 Jether: Gideon’s firstborn was wise to reject his father’s request to kill the kings. His fear kept him from doing something that could have distinguished him but his youth made him an unacceptable assailant before the enemy.
