“God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.”
Thus God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, into your hands — Gideon ascribes the capture to divine action, not human valor. By framing their capture as God's gift to Ephraim, he honors them while reminding them that human achievement remains subordinate to the LORD's purpose. Theological argument resolves tribal discord.
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