Judges 7:25 — Community Reflections

JUDGES 7:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1

“And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.”

They captured the two kings of the Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; they killed Oreb at the Rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the Wine press of Zeeb, as they pursued the Midianites. They brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan. — The capture and execution of Midianite kings Oreb ('raven') and Zeeb ('wolf') at eponymous locations indicates that their deaths became memorialized in place-names. The delivery of their 'heads to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan' confirms Ephraim's success in completing the Midianite annihilation and signifies recognition of Gideon's supreme authority.

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Mercy and justice — Judges 7

Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. T...