²⁴ Now Gideon had sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down to meet Midian and ^(A)capture the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan. ²⁵ Then they captured the two princes of Midian, ^(B)Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon ^(C)from across the Jordan.

Gideon Pursues Zebah and Zalmunna

8 Then the men of Ephraim said to him, “^(D)What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they strongly contended with him. ² But he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer? ³ God has given the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, into your hands; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their ^[a]anger toward him subsided when he spoke this word.