Judges 8:28

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Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During the days of Gideon, the land had peace for forty years.

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  • Judg 5:31 : 31 So may all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But may those who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength. And the land was at peace for forty years.
  • Judg 3:11 : 11 The land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
  • Judg 3:30 : 30 That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.
  • Ps 83:9-9 : 9 Even Assyria has joined them; they have strengthened the descendants of Lot. Selah. 10 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon, 11 who were destroyed at En-dor and became like dung on the ground. 12 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
  • Isa 9:4 : 4 Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, fuel for the fire.
  • Isa 10:26 : 26 The LORD of Hosts will stir up a scourge against them as He did at the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and He will raise His staff over the sea as He did in Egypt.

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  • Judg 8:20-23
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    78%

    20He then said to Jether, his firstborn, 'Get up and kill them.' But the young man did not draw his sword because he was afraid, still being just a boy.

    21Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

    22The Israelites said to Gideon, 'Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.'

    23But Gideon replied, 'I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.'

  • Judg 3:30
    77%

    30That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.

  • Judg 8:29
    75%

    29Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) son of Joash went back to his home to live.

  • Judg 8:10-13
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    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all that was left of the army of the sons of the east. One hundred twenty thousand sword-wielding men had fallen.

    11Gideon went up by the route of the tent dwellers east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the camp while the army was unprepared.

    12Zebah and Zalmunna fled, but Gideon pursued them. He captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and threw the entire army into a panic.

    13Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle by the Ascent of Heres.

  • Judg 7:14-15
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    73%

    14His companion responded, "This can only mean the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian and the entire camp into his hands."

    15When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down in worship. He returned to the Israelite camp and said, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands."

  • Judg 8:32-34
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    32Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

    33After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals, making Baal-Berith their god.

    34The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.

  • Judg 6:33-34
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    33Now all the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east joined forces, crossed the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

    34Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew the trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.

  • Judg 7:1-2
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    1Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people with him set up camp beside the spring of Harod. Meanwhile, the camp of Midian was to the north of them, by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many people with you for me to hand Midian over to them, lest Israel boast against me, claiming, 'My own strength has delivered me.'

  • Judg 7:23-25
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    23The men of Israel from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites.

    24Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down and attack the Midianites. Capture the waters around Beth Barah and the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they secured the waters as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.

    25They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, across the Jordan.

  • Judg 4:23-24
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    23On that day God subdued Jabin, the king of Canaan, before the Israelites.

    24And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin, the king of Canaan, until they destroyed him.

  • Judg 8:3-4
    2 verses
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    3God gave the leaders of Midian—Oreb and Zeeb—into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?' At this, their anger toward him subsided when he said this.

    4Then Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet pursuing, came to the Jordan and crossed it.

  • Judg 3:11
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    11The land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

  • Judg 6:1-4
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    1The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.

    2Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

    3Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them.

    4They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.

  • Judg 6:11
    71%

    11Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

  • Judg 6:6-7
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    6So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.

    7When the Israelites cried out to the Lord because of Midian,

  • Judg 7:7-9
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    7The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped, I will save you and hand Midian over to you. Let all the others go home."

    8So the three hundred men took provisions and their trumpets. The rest of the men of Israel were sent away, each to his own home, but Gideon kept the three hundred men. Meanwhile, the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

    9That night the LORD said to him, "Get up and go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hands.

  • Judg 8:27
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    27Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.

  • Judg 6:27
    70%

    27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was afraid of his family and the men of the city, he did it at night rather than in the daytime.

  • Judg 10:8
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    8They crushed and oppressed the Israelites that year. For eighteen years, they oppressed all the Israelites who were on the east side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

  • Num 31:9
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    9The Israelites captured the women of Midian and their children, and they took all their livestock, all their goods, and all their wealth as plunder.

  • Judg 6:24
    69%

    24So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it 'The Lord is Peace.' To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Num 31:2
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    2Take vengeance on the Midianites for the people of Israel. Afterward, you will be gathered to your people.

  • Judg 7:12
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    12Midian, Amalek, and all the people of the east were lying in the valley as thick as locusts. Their camels were too numerous to count, like the sand on the seashore.

  • Judg 6:14
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    14The Lord turned to him and said, 'Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?'

  • Judg 3:14
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    14The Israelites served Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.

  • Judg 6:36
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    36Gideon said to God, 'If you are truly going to use me to save Israel as you have promised,