Judges 8:28 meaning and explanation
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
Judges 8:28, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse closes the Midianite crisis that began in Judges 6, when raiders stripped Israel's crops for seven years. The narrator reports that Midian was subdued before Israel and did not raise its head again, an image of a defeated enemy who no longer lifts himself in attack.
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