22 When Gideon’s men blew their three hundred rams’ horns, the Lord caused the men in the whole army to turn on each other with their swords.(A) They fled to Acacia House[a] in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah(B) near Tabbath. 23 Then the men of Israel were called from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

The Men of Ephraim Join the Battle

24 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim with this message: “Come down to intercept the Midianites and take control of the watercourses ahead of them as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim(C) were called out, and they took control of the watercourses as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:22 Or Beth-shittah

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