Psalms 83:11

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^[a] and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and 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 Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, as [You did] with Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

10 They were destroyed at En-dor; they became manure for the ground.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 who said, "Let us seize God's pastures for ourselves."

13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like straw before the wind.

Footnotes

• [a]. Jdg 7:24-25
• [b]. Jdg 8:5-21