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22 As the 300 trumpets were being sounded, the Lord turned the swords of the Midianite[a] soldiers against one another throughout the entire army, and the army ran away as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zererah. They got as far as the outskirts of Abel-meholah, near Tabbath. 23 Israeli soldiers were called out from the territories of[b] Naphtali, Asher, and throughout Manasseh, and they chased after the Midianites.

24 Gideon dispatched messengers throughout the mountainous region[c] of Ephraim, notifying them, “Come down to fight Midian. Capture the water crossings[d] as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan River before they can get to them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 7:22 The Heb. lacks Midianite
  2. Judges 7:23 The Heb. lacks the territories of
  3. Judges 7:24 Or the hill country
  4. Judges 7:24 The Heb. lacks crossings