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I shall hold up my trumpet and blow a blast, and you too must blow a blast, on different sides of the camp; then you will cry aloud, For the Lord and for Gedeon! (Judges 7, 18)
So Gedeon and his three hundred men reached the edge of the camp, just as the midnight watch began, when the newly posted guards were wide awake. Every trumpet blew, and every jar was shattered against its neighbour; (Judges 7, 19)
and on three sides of the camp, after the crashing of the jars, men stood there with torches in their left hands, and ringing trumpets in their right; and now the cry came, Your swords, now! For the Lord and for Gedeon! (Judges 7, 20)
Gedeon sent messengers, too, all through the hill-country of Ephraim, bidding them come down and confront Madian, seizing the water-courses that go down to Bethbera and the Jordan; so Ephraim raised the hue and cry, and intercepted both the water-courses and Jordan itself as far as Bethbera. (Judges 7, 24)
And they caught two Madianite chiefs, Oreb and Zeb, whom they put to death, Oreb at the Rock of Oreb and Zeb at Zeb’s Wine-press; then they went on with the pursuit of Madian. They were carrying the heads of Oreb and Zeb with them when they met Gedeon on the further side of Jordan. (Judges 7, 25)
Gedeon had now reached and crossed the Jordan, with his three hundred followers. They were too weary to keep up with the fugitives, (Judges 8, 4)
So be it, said Gedeon; when the Lord has given me the mastery of Zebee and Salmana, I will come back and flay you with every thorn and brier that grows in the desert. (Judges 8, 7)
Gedeon came up along the track used by the wandering tribes east of Nobe and Jegbaa; he caught them off their guard, when they were not expecting an attack, and fell upon the camp; (Judges 8, 11)
whereupon the whole army was thrown into confusion, and Zebee and Salmana were overtaken by Gedeon in their flight. (Judges 8, 12)
So Zebee and Salmana said, Up, and deal the blow thyself; a man has but the strength that matches his age. So Gedeon rose up and slew them both. And for spoil, he carried off the embossed trappings that kings’ camels wear about their necks. (Judges 8, 21)
And now all the Israelites would have Gedeon, the man who delivered them from Madian, become their ruler, and his descendants after him. (Judges 8, 22)
Gedeon made of this a golden mantle,✻ which he set up in the city of Ephra; and faithless Israel fell to worshipping it, to the ruin of Gedeon and his race. (Judges 8, 27)
