12And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
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Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. …
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. …
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-17)In these verses we have, I. Gideon, as a valiant general, pursuing the remaining Midianites, and bravely following his blow. A very great slaughter was made of the enemy at first: 120,000 men that drew the sword , Jdg. 7:10. Such a terrible execution did they make among themselves, and so easy a prey were they to Israel. But, it seems, the two kings of Midian, being better provided than the rest f…
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