Judges 7:17-18

7:17 He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! ¹  I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do! 7:18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”

Judges 8:11-12

8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads ²  east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. ³  8:12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon ⁴  chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised ⁵  their entire army.

[7:17]  ¹ tn Or “look.”

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”

[8:11]  ³ 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.

[8:12]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  ⁴ tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”