「And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna,
"What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?"
So they answered, "As you are, so were they;
each one resembled the son of a king."」 Amen.
After winning the battle, Gideon continued to pursue the Midianites. The Midianite army fled across the Jordan River. Gideon, aided by the tribes of Naphtali, Asher, Manasseh, and Ephraim, pursued them as far as Succoth and Penuel, but the inhabitants refused to provide bread for the soldiers. Nevertheless, he continued the pursuit, caught up with them at Karkor, and routed them. It was there that he questioned the two captured kings, Zebah and Zalmunna, as recorded in today's passage. Then Gideon said, “My brothers, my mother's sons! As the Lord lives, if you had spared their lives, I would not have killed you.” And he wept.
May we feel today that the Lord is truly alive...
God bless you. See you next week.