25 They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb(A). They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb,(B) and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites(C) and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.(D)

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26 The Lord Almighty will lash(A) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian(B) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(C) over the waters,(D)
    as he did in Egypt.

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God gave Oreb and Zeeb,(A) the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided.

Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan(B) and crossed it.

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11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(A)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(B)
12 who said, “Let us take possession(C)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

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26 Over Achan they heaped(A) up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.(B) Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger.(C) Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor[a](D) ever since.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:26 Achor means trouble.

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