ZEBAH. He was a Prince of the Midiantes, whom Gideon himself thrust through with a Sword, Judg. viii. 5, 21. Psal. lxxxiii, 11. In the Year of the World 2753, before Christ 1247, before the Vulgar Æra 1251. When Gideon took Zebah and Zalmunna in their Flight, he asked them, What sort of Men were they that you put to death upon Mount Tabor? They answered, they were like you, and one of them was like a King’s Son. Then answered Gideon, They were my Brethren, and Sons of my Mother: As the Lord lives, if you had spared them, I would not have put you to death. Then he said to his eldest Son Jether, Fall upon them, and kill them. But he did not draw his Sword, because he was but a Child, and was afraid. Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gibeon, Kill us your self. Upon which he drew his Sword, Nehem. xi. 17.fell upon them, and slew them.
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