Now the Midianitesand the Amalekitesand allthe sonsof the eastwere lyingin the valleyas numerousas locusts;and their camelswere withoutnumber,as numerousas the sandon the seashore.
The sonsof Israelwere musteredand were provisionedand wentto meetthem; and the sonsof Israelcampedbeforethem like twolittleflocksof goats,but the Arameansfilledthe country.
Solomon'swisdomsurpassedthe wisdomof allthe sonsof the eastand allthe wisdomof Egypt.
O LORD,howmy adversarieshave increased!Manyare risingup againstme.
The kingis not savedby a mightyarmy;A warrioris not deliveredby greatstrength.
"They have cutdownher forest,"declaresthe LORD;"Surelyit will no[more] be found,Even thoughthey are [now] morenumerousthanlocustsAnd are withoutnumber.
They cameout, they and alltheir armieswith them, [as] manypeopleas the sandthat is on the seashore,with verymanyhorsesand chariots.
For it was whenIsraelhad sown,that the Midianiteswould comeup with the Amalekitesand the sonsof the eastand goagainstthem.
Then allthe Midianitesand the Amalekitesand the sonsof the eastassembledthemselves; and they crossedoverand campedin the valleyof Jezreel.
For they would comeup with their livestockand their tents,they would comein like locustsfor number,both they and their camelswere innumerable;and they cameinto the landto devastateit.
When Gideoncame,behold,a manwas relatinga dreamto his friend.And he said,"Behold,I hada dream;a loafof barleybreadwas tumblinginto the campof Midian,and it cameto the tentand struckit so that it fell,and turnedit upsidedownso that the tentlayflat."
Now Zebahand Zalmunnawere in Karkor,and their armieswith them, about 15,000men, allwho were leftof the entirearmyof the sonsof the east;for the fallenwere 120,000swordsmen.
Now the Philistinesassembledto fightwith Israel,30000chariotsand 6,000horsemen,and peoplelike the sandwhichis on the seashorein abundance;and they cameup and campedin Michmash,eastof Beth-aven.
Davidslaughteredthem from the twilightuntilthe eveningof the nextday;and not a manof them escaped,exceptfourhundredyoungmenwhorodeon camelsand fled.
