1 And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hands of Midian for seven years.
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel, and because of the Midianites the sons of Israel made dens in the mountains and caves and strongholds.
3 For when those of Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up and the Amalekites and the sons of the east. They would come up against them
4 and encamp against them and destroy the fruits of the earth as far as Gaza, and they would leave nothing to eat in Israel neither sheep nor ox nor ass.