Judges 6:33-40

The Midianite invasion; the sign of the fleece

33 .Then all the Midianites … assembled themselves Better, Now all the M.… had assembled themselves. This verse may be connected with Judges 6:7; Judges 6:25; it prepares the way for the account of the battle in ch. 7 For the Amalekitesetc. see on Judges 6:3.

the valley of Jezreel Joshua 17:16; Hosea 1:5; not the Great Plain west of Jezreel, but the broad, deep valley which descends eastwards from Jezreel down to the Jordan. It was not till after OT. times that the Great Plain was called the Plain of Esdraçlon (the Greek form of Jezreel), Jdt 1:8. The Midianites advanced from the E., passed overJordan, and entered Palestine by the valley (Wâdi Jâlud) which leads up to Jezreel (Zer-în).