Judges 6:3

6:3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, ¹  the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them. ² 

Judges 6:33

Gideon Summons an Army and Seeks Confirmation

6:33 All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east ³  assembled. They crossed the Jordan River ⁴  and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

Judges 7:12

7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. ⁵  Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

Judges 8:11

8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads ⁶  east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. ⁷ 

Judges 8:10

8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed. ⁸ 

[6:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Whenever Israel sowed seed.”

[6:3]  ² tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east would go up, they would go up against him.” The translation assumes that וְעָלוּ (vÿ’alu) is dittographic (note the following עָלָיו, ’alayv).

[6:33]  ³ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east.”

[6:33]  ⁴ tn The words “the Jordan River” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”

[8:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”

[8:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and attacked the army, while the army was secure.” The Hebrew term בֶטַח (vetakh, “secure”) probably means the army was undefended (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 156), not suspecting an attack at that time and place.

[8:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “About fifteen thousand [in number] were all the ones remaining from the army of the sons of the east. The fallen ones were a hundred and twenty thousand [in number], men drawing the sword.”