The men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian? They did chide with him sharply.
It is significant, however, that Gideon based his appeal on psychology rather than theology. Why did he make no reference to God’s direction of him or God’s provision of victory (cf. ch. 5)? Having participated in a great deliverance, Gideon seems to have begun to exclude the Victor from His own victory.