Add parallel Print Page Options

The Midianites give Israel trouble

The Israelites did things that the Lord saw were evil. So the Lord put them under the power of the Midianites for seven years. They used their power to be cruel to the Israelites. The Israelites built huts in the hills to live in. They hid themselves in caves and other safe places.

Read full chapter

Gideon

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(A) and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.(B) Because the power of Midian was so oppressive,(C) the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves(D) and strongholds.(E)

Read full chapter