Gideon Defeats Midian

Judges 7

19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers - they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing - and they cried, "The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!" 21 And j every man stood in his place all around the camp; k and the whole army ran and cried out and fled. 22 When the three hundred l blew the trumpets, m the LORD set n every man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to 1 Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of o Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel gathered together from p Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and pursued the Midianites.

24 Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the q mountains of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan." Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and r seized the watering places as far as s Beth Barah and the Jordan. 25 And they captured t two princes of the Midianites, u Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the v other side of the Jordan.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 14:13
    And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.
    Exodus 14:14
    "The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."
    2 Chronicles 20:17
    'You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD is with you."
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 7:7
    Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact - their tents, their horses, and their donkeys - and they fled for their lives.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 6:4
    And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
    Joshua 6:16
    And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: "Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!
    Joshua 6:20
    So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 83:9
    Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon.
    Isaiah 9:4
    For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.
  5. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:20
    Then Saul and all the people who were with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and indeed every man's sword was against his neighbor, and there was very great confusion.
    2 Chronicles 20:23
    For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
  6. Cross References
    1 Kings 4:12
    Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shean, which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as the other side of Jokneam.
  7. Cross References
    Judges 6:35
    And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
  8. Cross References
    Judges 3:27
    And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the mountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountains; and he led them.
  9. Cross References
    Judges 3:28
    Then he said to them, "Follow me, for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him, seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
  10. Cross References
    John 1:28
    These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
  11. Cross References
    Judges 8:3
    God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. And what was I able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger toward him subsided when he said that.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 83:11
    Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
    Isaiah 10:26
    And the LORD of hosts will stir up a scourge for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; as His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
  13. Cross References
    Judges 8:4
    When Gideon came to the Jordan, he and the three hundred men who were with him crossed over, exhausted but still in pursuit.
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