Psalm - 83:11



11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 83:11.

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Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna.
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes,
Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna:
Who were destroyed at En-dor; They became as dung for the earth.

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Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb - These were princes or rulers of the Midianites, slain by Gideon, the one on the rock Oreb, and the other at the wine-press of Zeeb. Judges 7:25. The prayer here is, that the enemies who had conspired against the land of Israel might be utterly destroyed.
Yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna - The word here rendered princes means properly anointed, and was given to princes, kings, prophets, and priests, as anointed, or as set apart by anointing to their office. Zebah and Zalmunna were kings of Midian, slain also by Gideon. See Judges 8:5, Judges 8:21.

Lake their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb - They were two of the chiefs, or generals, of the Midianites; and were slain in the pursuit of the Midianites, by the men of Ephraim; and their heads brought to Gideon on the other side of JorDaniel Judges 7:24, Judges 7:25.
Yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna - These were kings of Midian, who were encamped at Karkor with fifteen thoussand men, whom Gideon attacked there, and defeated, and took the kings prisoners; and finding that they had killed his own brothers slew them both. See Judges 8:10-21. Of the Midianites there fell at this time one hundred and twenty thousand men.

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.

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