1 Then the children of Israel did ^aevil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord delivered them into the hand of ^bMidian for seven years,  ‡

2 and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, ^athe caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains.  ‡

3 So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the ^apeople of the East would come up against them.  ‡