10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their [a]armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of the entire [b]army of the [c]people of the east; (A)for the fallen were 120,000 [d]swordsmen. 11 Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he [e]attacked the camp when the camp was unsuspecting. 12 When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the entire [f]army.

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  1. Judges 8:10 Or camps
  2. Judges 8:10 Or camp
  3. Judges 8:10 Lit sons
  4. Judges 8:10 Lit men who drew the sword
  5. Judges 8:11 Lit struck
  6. Judges 8:12 Or camp

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their camp, about fifteen thousand men, all the ones who were left from the easterners’ entire camp. One hundred twenty thousand armed men had fallen. 11 Gideon marched up the caravan road[a] east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the camp while it was off-guard. 12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he chased after them. He captured the two Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna and threw the entire army into panic.

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  1. Judges 8:11 Or the road of the tent dwellers