Judges 8:20 meaning and explanation
So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
Judges 8:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Gideon has just captured Zebah and Zalmunna, the Midianite kings who killed his brothers at Tabor. In that culture a firstborn son was expected to share his father's standing, so Gideon tells Jether to execute the kings, perhaps to give the young man the honor of avenging the family.
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