“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 Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.”
When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his neighbor throughout all the camp; and the army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. — The Lord's action 'set every man's sword against his neighbor' indicates internal slaughter where panicked Midianites kill each other in the confusion. The geographical trace of retreat—'Beth-shittah... Zererah... Abel-meholah... Tabbath'—documents the Midianite flight from the encampment.
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