Judges 8:21-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²¹ Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, ‘You come and kill us; for as the man is, so is his strength.’ So Gideon proceeded to kill Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.

Gideon’s Idolatry

²² Then the Israelites said to Gideon, ‘Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Midian.’ ²³ Gideon said to them, ‘I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.’