But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastwards, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.
Judges 6:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east came and attacked them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For whenever Israel had sown their seed, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them. American Standard Version (1901) And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; Common English Bible Whenever the Israelites planted seeds, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other easterners would invade. Catholic Public Domain Version And when Israel had planted, Midian and Amalek, and the rest of the eastern nations ascended, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec and the rest of the eastern nations came up. |
But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastwards, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.
The Israelites mobilised, gathered supplies, and went to fight them. The Israelites camped in front of them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the landscape.
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
But they will swoop down on the Philistine flank to the west. Together they will plunder the people of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects.
The Lord has sworn with his right hand and his strong arm: I will no longer give your grain to your enemies for food, and foreigners will not drink the new wine for which you have laboured.
About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated, this is what the Lord says: Rise up, attack Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
Say to the Ammonites, “Hear the word of the Lord God: This is what the Lord God says: Because you said, ‘Aha! ’ about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was laid waste, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile,
therefore I am about to give you to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you #– #wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourself with oil; and you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and your land’s produce until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, fresh oil, young of your herds, or newborn of your flocks until they cause you to perish.
Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites , oppressed you, and you cried out to me, did I not deliver you from them?
After Eglon convinced the Ammonites and the Amalekites to join forces with him, he attacked and defeated Israel and took possession of the City of Palms. ,
and they oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
All the Midianites, Amalekites, and people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Jezreel Valley.
They set up camp against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the people of the east had settled down in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and with them was their army of about fifteen thousand men, who were all those left of the entire army of the people of the east. Those who had been killed were one hundred and twenty thousand armed men.