¹⁵ “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan^(A) is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.^(B)”

³⁵ The Lord defeated Benjamin^(A) before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.

⁴⁶ On that day twenty-five thousand Benjamite^(A) swordsmen fell, all of them valiant fighters.

¹⁸ But David said to Saul, “Who am I,^(A) and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?^(B)”