“Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.”
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said unto Gideon, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna — The Midianite kings request Gideon kill them, invoking honor. Gideon executes them personally (וַיָּקָם גִּדְעוֹן וַיַּהַרְגְ, vayakam Gideon vayaharg). The act represents the apex of his moral descent: victory becomes vendetta.
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