Psalms 83:11

11 Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die 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 Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

10 They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.

11 Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 for they said, “Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!”

13 O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind!