Judges 8:12

Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and as Gideon pursued them, he captured the two kings of Midian—Zebah and Zalmunna—and set their whole army into a panic.

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And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

In Context

11Gideon went up the road taken by tent dwellers, past Nobah and Jogbehah. He defeated the enemy army, because they were not expecting an attack.

13Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle going through the pass of Heres.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:22Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and out of the cave bring to me these five kings.”

Job 34:19God, who does not show favoritism to leaders 1 and does not acknowledge rich people more than poor, 1 for they all are the work of his hands. 1

Isaiah 9:3You have multiplied the nation; you have increased their joy. 1 They rejoice before you like the joy at harvest time, 1 as men rejoice when they divide the plunder. 1

Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the important people, and the generals, and the rich, and the powerful, and everyone else, slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:5-18

Gideon Pursues the Midianites. ( b. c. 1249.) 4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when… Read the whole commentary →

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