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The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/nlt/judges/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> When the 300 Israelites blew their rams’ horns, the LORD caused the warriors in the camp to fight against each other with their swords. Those who were not killed fled to places as far away as Beth-shittah near Zererah and to the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/esv/judges/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> When they blew the 300 trumpets, the LORD set every man’s sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/bsb/judges/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/kjv/judges/7.htm">King James Bible</a> And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. <a href="/nkjv/judges/7.htm">New King James Version</a> When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/nasb_/judges/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And when they blew the three hundred trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one against another even throughout the entire army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/nasb/judges/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> When they blew 300 trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/nasb77/judges/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And when they blew 300 trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/lsb/judges/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So they blew 300 trumpets. And Yahweh set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole camp. And the camp fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/amp/judges/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When Gideon’s men blew the three hundred trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one [Midianite] against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/csb/judges/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When Gideon’s men blew their three hundred ram’s horns, the LORD caused the men in the whole army to turn on each other with their swords. They fled to Acacia House in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/hcsb/judges/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When Gideon&#8217s men blew their 300 trumpets, the LORD set the swords of each man in the army against each other. They fled to Beth-shittah in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/asv/judges/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/cev/judges/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and blew their trumpets again. As they did, the LORD made the enemy soldiers pull out their swords and start fighting each other. The enemy army tried to escape from the camp. They ran to Acacia Tree Town, toward Zeredah, and as far as the edge of the land that belonged to the town of Abel-Meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/erv/judges/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host: and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/gwt/judges/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The 300 men kept on blowing their rams' horns, and the LORD caused the whole camp of Midian to fight among themselves. They fled as far as Beth Shittah, toward Zererah, and as far as the bank of the stream at Abel Meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/gnt/judges/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> While Gideon's men were blowing their trumpets, the LORD made the enemy troops attack each other with their swords. They ran toward Zarethan as far as Beth Shittah, as far as the town of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/isv/judges/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> As the 300 trumpets were being sounded, the LORD turned the swords of the Midianite 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. <a href="/net/judges/7.htm">NET Bible</a> When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the LORD caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/nheb/judges/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They blew the three hundred trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/wbt/judges/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zereroth, and to the border of Abel-meholah, to Tabbath.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/judges/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath. <a href="/web/judges/7.htm">World English Bible</a> They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the three hundred blow the horns, and YHWH sets the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp flees to Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, to the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/ylt/judges/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the three hundred blow the trumpets, and Jehovah setteth the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp fleeth unto Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, unto the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/slt/judges/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the three hundred will clang the trumpets, and Jehovah will set the sword of a man against his neighbor and in all the camp: and the camp fled even to the House of Acacia of Zererath, even to the lip of Abel-Meholah, to Tabbath.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another, <a href="/cpdv/judges/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the three hundred men nevertheless continued sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into the entire camp, and they maimed and cut down one another, <a href="/nabre/judges/7.htm">New American Bible</a> When they blew the three hundred horns, the LORD set the sword of one against another throughout the camp, and they fled as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, near the border of Abel-meholah at Tabbath. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And when the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the army; and the whole army fled as far as Beth-shabtey and Zeddath, and as far as the border of Abel-meholah, which is by Jatbath. <a href="/hpbt/judges/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they sounded out the three hundred horns and LORD JEHOVAH put the sword of a man against his fellow man in all the camp and all the camp fled unto Bayth Shabtay and to Tsedrath and unto the edge of Abel Mekhula that reaches unto Yatbath<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they blew the three hundred horns, and the LORD set every man's sword a against his fellow, even throughout all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. <a href="/sep/judges/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set every man's sword in all the host against his neighbour. <a href="/parallel/judges/7-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=2174" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/7.htm">Gideon Defeats Midian</a> …21Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran. 22<a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lōš- (Number-fsc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">And when the three</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/7782.htm" title="7782: haš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- A horn (for blowing). Or shophar; from shaphar in the original sense of incising; a cornet or curved horn.">rams’ horns</a> <a href="/hebrew/8628.htm" title="8628: way·yiṯ·qə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to clatter, i.e. Slap, clang; by analogy, to drive; by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping).">sounded,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">set</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">all the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ham·ma·ḥă·neh (Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">in the camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: bə·rê·‘ê·hū (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">against one another</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·ḇə·ḵāl (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fsc) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">with their swords.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ham·ma·ḥă·neh (Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">The army</a> <a href="/hebrew/5127.htm" title="5127: way·yā·nās (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To flee, escape. A primitive root; to flit, i.e. Vanish away.">fled</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1029.htm" title="1029: bêṯ (Prep) -- From bayith and shittah with the article interposed; house of the acacia; Beth-hash-Shittah, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1029.htm" title="1029: haš·šiṭ·ṭāh (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and shittah with the article interposed; house of the acacia; Beth-hash-Shittah, a place in Palestine.">Beth-shittah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6888.htm" title="6888: ṣə·rê·rā·ṯāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- A city toward which Gideon's enemies fled. Apparently by erroneous transcription for Tsredah; Tsererah for Tseredah.">toward Zererah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śə·p̄aṯ- (N-fsc) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">far as the border</a> <a href="/hebrew/65.htm" title="65: ’ā·ḇêlElisha's birthplace in Pal. From 'abel and mchowlah; meadow of dancing; Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/65.htm" title="65: mə·ḥō·w·lāh (N-proper-fs) -- Elisha's birthplace in Pal. From 'abel and mchowlah; meadow of dancing; Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine.">of Abel-meholah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">near</a> <a href="/hebrew/2888.htm" title="2888: ṭab·bāṯ (N-proper-fs) -- A place of refuge of the Midianites. Of uncertain derivation; Tabbath, a place East of the Jordan.">Tabbath.</a> 23Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">2 Chronicles 20:22-24</a> The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated. / The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. / When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped. <a href="/1_samuel/14-20.htm">1 Samuel 14:20</a> Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor. <a href="/exodus/14-24.htm">Exodus 14:24-25</a> At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion. / He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!” <a href="/2_kings/7-6.htm">2 Kings 7:6-7</a> For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.” / Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives. <a href="/joshua/10-10.htm">Joshua 10:10</a> And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah. <a href="/isaiah/19-2.htm">Isaiah 19:2</a> “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. <a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm">1 Samuel 17:47</a> And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.” <a href="/psalms/83-9.htm">Psalm 83:9-11</a> Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon, / who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground. / Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, <a href="/2_kings/19-7.htm">2 Kings 19:7</a> Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’” <a href="/isaiah/37-7.htm">Isaiah 37:7</a> Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’” <a href="/2_chronicles/32-21.htm">2 Chronicles 32:21</a> and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword. <a href="/2_samuel/5-24.htm">2 Samuel 5:24</a> As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” <a href="/psalms/35-5.htm">Psalm 35:5-6</a> May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away. / May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues. <a href="/isaiah/10-26.htm">Isaiah 10:26</a> And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt. <a href="/matthew/24-6.htm">Matthew 24:6-7</a> You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. / Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, to Tabbath.blew<a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4,16,20</a> And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets… <a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a> But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.the Lord<a href="/1_samuel/14-16.htm">1 Samuel 14:16-20</a> And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another… <a href="/2_chronicles/20-23.htm">2 Chronicles 20:23</a> For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.<a href="/psalms/83-9.htm">Psalm 83:9</a> Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:in.<a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">1 Kings 4:12</a> Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:border.<a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">1 Kings 4:12</a> Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:<a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm">1 Kings 19:16</a> And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.Tabbath.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/33-49.htm">Abel</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm">Abelmeholah</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm">Abel-Meholah</a> <a href="/judges/7-21.htm">Army</a> <a href="/judges/1-33.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/judges/7-20.htm">Blew</a> <a href="/judges/2-9.htm">Border</a> <a href="/judges/7-20.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/judges/7-21.htm">Host</a> <a href="/judges/7-19.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm">Meholah</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-19.htm">Shittah</a> <a href="/judges/7-20.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/judges/7-20.htm">Three</a> <a href="/judges/6-35.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/judges/7-20.htm">Trumpets</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/11-33.htm">Abel</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">Abelmeholah</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">Abel-Meholah</a> <a href="/judges/8-6.htm">Army</a> <a href="/judges/7-24.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-3.htm">Blew</a> <a href="/judges/11-18.htm">Border</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/judges/8-6.htm">Host</a> <a href="/judges/8-4.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-19.htm">Meholah</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-19.htm">Shittah</a> <a href="/judges/8-10.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/judges/8-4.htm">Three</a> <a href="/judges/7-24.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-15.htm">Trumpets</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 7</div>1. <a href="/judges/7-1.htm">Gideon's army of thirty-two thousand is brought to three hundred</a> 9. <a href="/judges/7-9.htm">He is encouraged by the dream and interpretation of the burley cake</a> 16. <a href="/judges/7-16.htm">His plan of trumpets and lamps in pitchers</a> 24. <a href="/judges/7-24.htm">The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The sounding of the shofar was often a call to battle or a signal of divine intervention. In this context, the three hundred men under Gideon's command used the horns to create confusion and fear among the Midianite army. The number three hundred is symbolic of God's power working through a small, faithful remnant, as seen in other biblical narratives where God uses the few to achieve His purposes (e.g., David's mighty men).the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords This phrase highlights the divine intervention in the battle. The confusion and chaos that ensued among the Midianites were not due to the military prowess of Gideon's men but rather the direct action of the LORD. This mirrors other instances in Scripture where God causes confusion among enemy forces, such as in <a href="/1_samuel/14-20.htm">1 Samuel 14:20</a> with the Philistines. It underscores the theme that victory comes from the LORD, not human strength or numbers.The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah Beth-shittah and Zererah are locations that are not precisely identified today, but they are believed to be in the region of the Jezreel Valley. The flight of the Midianite army in this direction indicates a retreat towards the east, away from the advancing Israelites. This movement reflects the panic and disorder that God instilled in the enemy camp, fulfilling His promise to deliver Israel from oppression.as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath Abel-meholah is known as the birthplace of the prophet Elisha (<a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm">1 Kings 19:16</a>). It is located in the Jordan Valley, suggesting that the Midianites fled a considerable distance in their panic. The mention of Tabbath, though not well-documented archaeologically, serves to emphasize the extent of the Midianite retreat. This geographical detail highlights the completeness of the victory God provided, as the enemy was driven far from Israelite territory. The narrative serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness to His covenant people and His ability to deliver them against overwhelming odds.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/gideon.htm">Gideon</a> The judge of Israel chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from the Midianites. He led a small army of 300 men against a vast Midianite force. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The God of Israel, who orchestrated the victory by causing confusion among the Midianites, leading them to turn on each other. 3. <a href="/topical/m/midianites.htm">Midianites</a> The oppressors of Israel at the time, who were defeated through divine intervention and Gideon's leadership. 4. <a href="/topical/b/beth-shittah,_zererah,_abel-meholah,_tabbath.htm">Beth-shittah, Zererah, Abel-meholah, Tabbath</a> Locations mentioned in the passage that mark the route of the Midianite retreat, highlighting the extent of their defeat. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_three_hundred.htm">The Three Hundred</a> The select group of men chosen by God to accompany Gideon, emphasizing the theme of God's power being made perfect in weakness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_battle.htm">God's Sovereignty in Battle</a> God is in control of all situations, and His plans will prevail regardless of human strength or numbers. <a href="/topical/f/faith_over_fear.htm">Faith Over Fear</a> Gideon's account encourages believers to trust in God's power rather than their own abilities or resources. <a href="/topical/d/divine_strategy.htm">Divine Strategy</a> God's methods may seem unconventional, but they are always perfect and lead to His glory. <a href="/topical/u/unity_and_obedience.htm">Unity and Obedience</a> The 300 men followed Gideon's lead without question, demonstrating the importance of unity and obedience in achieving God's purposes. <a href="/topical/v/victory_through_weakness.htm">Victory Through Weakness</a> God often uses the weak and the few to accomplish His will, reminding us that His strength is made perfect in our weakness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 7</a> <a href="/q/how_do_enemies_'stumble_and_fall'_in_battle.htm">(Psalm 27:2–3) What evidence supports the idea that enemies literally “stumble and fall,” and how does this align with actual battlefield outcomes? </a> <a href="/q/could_300_men_chase_thousands_alone.htm">Judges 8:4–5: Could 300 men realistically pursue thousands of Midianites without proper resources or logistical support? </a> <a href="/q/why_did_hostile_allies_self-destruct.htm">How could an alliance of hostile armies suddenly turn on each other and destroy themselves without any plausible explanation (2 Chronicles 20:22–23)? </a> <a href="/q/could_one_city_wall_kill_27,000_men.htm">Could a single city wall realistically collapse and kill 27,000 men, as the text asserts (1 Kings 20:30)? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) Blew the trumpets.--They continued to blow incessantly, to add to the panic.The Lord set every man's sword against his fellow.--We have an exact parallel to this in the mutual slaughter of the Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites, when stricken with a similar panic before the army of Jehoshaphat, in <a href="/context/2_chronicles/20-21.htm" title="And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endures for ever.">2Chronicles 20:21-22</a>; and on a smaller scale in the camp of the Philistines at Gibeah (1 Samuel 14). The tremendous tragedy of their flight can only be appreciated by the vivid impression which it made on the national imagination (<a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm" title="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.">Isaiah 9:4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/10-26.htm" title="And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a whip for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was on the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.">Isaiah 10:26</a>). In <a href="/context/psalms/83-13.htm" title="O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.">Psalm 83:13-14</a>, it is compared to the whirling flight of dry weeds before a rush of flame and wind, recalling the Arab imprecation, "May you be whirled like the akukb ('wild artichoke,' 'a wheel,' 'a rolling thing') before the wind, until you are caught in the thorns or plunged into the sea" (Thomson, Land and Book, Judges 36).Beth-shittah.--It should be rather, Beth hash-shit-tah, "the house of the acacia"--a place named from the trees which are still abundant in that neighbourhood, just as we have such names as Burntash, Seven-oaks, Nine Elms, &c. (Comp. Abel-Shittim, <a href="/numbers/33-49.htm" title="And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even to Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.">Numbers 33:49</a>; Joshua 21.) If Beth hash-shittah was the village Shultah, with which Robinson (Bibl. Reg., 3:219) identifies it, some of the host must have fled northwards. It is improbable that it was another name for Beth-shean, though the LXX. have Bethsead in some MSS. It is, however, by no means unlikely that some of the marauders would fly towards the fords of the Jordan near Bethshean (comp. Jos. Antt. v. 6, ? 5), as others fled south to the fords near Succoth, which lay to the south of the Jabbok. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - Blew the trumpets, etc. Hearing the confusion, the three companies blew their trumpets, probably more loudly than before, to give the impression of a hot pursuit being at hand. The Midianites, thinking the enemy were upon them, and not being able in the dark to distinguish friend from foe, mistook their flying comrades for pursuing Israelites, and fell upon and slew one another. In like manner the Philistines had done when attacked by Jonathan and his armour-bearer (<a href="/1_samuel/14-20.htm">1 Samuel 14:20</a>), and the Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites when attacked by Jehoshaphat (<a href="/2_chronicles/20-23.htm">2 Chronicles 20:23</a>). Beth-shittah. House of acacias. The exact situation of it, and of Zererath and Tabbath, is unknown. They must have been villages lying on the route from the plain of Esdraelon to the banks of Jordan, probably between Little Hermon on the north and Mount Gilboa on the south, where there was a very ancient high road from Jezreel to the Jordan by Beth-sham Indeed it is highly probable that Shuta, a village mentioned by Robinson, marks the site, as it retains the name of Beth-shittah. For Zererath some read, with some of the old versions and manuscripts, Zeredath (r and d being scarcely distinguishable in Hebrew), and identify it with Zarthan near Succoth, mentioned <a href="/joshua/3-16.htm">Joshua 3:16</a> and <a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">1 Kings 4:12</a>; <a href="/1_kings/7-46.htm">1 Kings 7:46</a>. Abel-meholah (the meadow of the dance) was the birthplace of Elisha (<a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm">1 Kings 19:16</a>), and is mentioned in conjunction with Beth-shan, Jezreel, and Zartana in <a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">1 Kings 4:12</a>. Eusebius tells us that in his time Abel-meholah was called Beth-maiela, and situated ten miles below Beth-shan, or Scy-thopolis. There was also, he says, close by an Abel-maiela. <a href="/commentaries/judges/7-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And when the three שְׁלֹשׁ־ (šə·lōš-) Number - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> Three, third, thrice hundred מֵא֣וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred trumpets הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת֒ (haš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7782.htm">Strong's 7782: </a> A cornet, curved horn sounded, וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮ (way·yiṯ·qə·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8628.htm">Strong's 8628: </a> To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsman the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel set וַיָּ֣שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set the swords חֶ֥רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword of every man אִ֛ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person in the camp הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (ham·ma·ḥă·neh) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> An encampment, an army against each other. בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ (bə·rê·‘ê·hū) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> Friend, companion, fellow The army הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה (ham·ma·ḥă·neh) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> An encampment, an army fled וַיָּ֨נָס (way·yā·nās) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5127.htm">Strong's 5127: </a> To flit, vanish away to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while Beth-shittah הַשִּׁטָּה֙ (haš·šiṭ·ṭāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1029.htm">Strong's 1029: </a> Beth-shittah -- 'place of the acacia', a place in Palestine toward Zererah צְֽרֵרָ֔תָה (ṣə·rê·rā·ṯāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6888.htm">Strong's 6888: </a> Zererah -- a city toward which Gideon's enemies fled as עַ֛ד (‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while far as the border שְׂפַת־ (śə·p̄aṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> The lip, language, a margin of Abel-meholah מְחוֹלָ֖ה (mə·ḥō·w·lāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_65.htm">Strong's 65: </a> Abel-Mecholah near עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Tabbath. טַבָּֽת׃ (ṭab·bāṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2888.htm">Strong's 2888: </a> Tabbath -- a place of refuge of the Midianites <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/7-22.htm">Judges 7:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/7-22.htm">OT History: Judges 7:22 They blew the three hundred trumpets (Jd Judg. 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