Psalms 83:11

11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.

Psalms 83:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb
Two princes of Midian, who were slain, the one at the rock Oreb, and the other at the winepress of Zeeb, so called after their names, ( Judges 7:25 ) ,

yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna;
kings of Midian, slain by Gideon, ( Judges 8:21 ) .

Psalms 83:11 In-Context

9 Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon:

10 Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.

11 Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.

12 For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.

13 O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit. 'anointed ones:' see Ezek. 32.30.