¹⁶ And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with ^(A)torches inside the jars. ¹⁷ And he said to them, “Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do. ¹⁸ When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, ^(B)‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”

Gideon Defeats Midian

¹⁹ So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands. ²⁰ Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. ^(C)And they cried out, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” ²¹ Every man stood in his place around the camp, ^(D)and all the army ran. They cried out and fled. ^22 (E)When they blew the 300 trumpets, ^(F)the Lord set ^(G)every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah,^[a] as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

¹⁰ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all who were left of all the army of ^(A)the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men ^(B)who drew the sword.

¹¹ And Gideon went up by the way of the tent dwellers east of ^(A)Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the army, for the army felt ^(B)secure.