“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.”
The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years. — The cycle's renewal initiates the Gideon narrative, with Israel's apostasy producing domination by 'Midian' for 'seven years'. The Midianites, nomadic pastoralists from the Arabian Peninsula, represented a different type of enemy—raiders and extractors rather than settled conquerors.
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