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    Zebah

    זֶ֫בַח

    Zebah was a Midianite king who, along with Zalmunna, was defeated and killed by Gideon during the time of the judges.

    verses
    9
    first named
    Judges 8:5
    last named
    Psalms 83:11
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Sinai

    Description

    Who was Zebah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Zebah was one of the two Midianite kings who led a vast army that invaded and oppressed Israel during the time of the judges. For seven years, the Midianites, along with the Amalekites and other eastern peoples, would come up against Israel, destroying crops and livestock, forcing many Israelites to seek shelter in caves. God raised up Gideon to deliver Israel from the Midianites. After a decisive victory, Zebah and Zalmunna fled with a remnant of their army, but Gideon pursued them across the Jordan River and overtook them at Karkor. The kings were captured and brought back to Israel, where they confessed to killing Gideon's brothers. As a result, Gideon executed them. The name Zebah is related to the Hebrew word for "sacrifice," while Zalmunna may contain a reference to a heathen deity. Their defeat is remembered as a demonstration of God's judgment and glory.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Zebah10 of 13 entities the graph connects to Zebah, in 2 groups: company 3, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Gideon and Gideons Three Hundred Men’s pursuit of Zebah and ZalmunnaTook part in · 3 versesGideon’s killing of Zebah and ZalmunnaTook part in · 2 versesMaking of EnemiesTook part in · 2 versesCompanyLORD1 event · 1,004 versesKilling1 event · 162 versesGideon6 events · 50 versesEnemies1 event · 11 versesZalmunna12 events · 9 versesTabor Mount1 event · 8 versesOreb1 event · 4 versesEventsZebah

    The 10 best-attested of 13 are drawn. All 13 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Zebah happensAll 2 places the claims about Zebah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Midian, Karkor. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Zebah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.MidianKarkor
    before Israel's MonarchyAll 2 places the claims about Zebah reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 9, across 2 books. The name is written 12 times in them.

    1. Judges8 verses

      8:58:68:78:108:128:158:188:21

    2. Psalms1 verse

      83:11

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Gideon’s killing of Zebah and Zalmunna and Gideon and Gideons Three Hundred Men’s pursuit of Zebah and Zalmunna, and 1 moreZalmunnaMidianite king defeated by Gideonvia Gideon’s killing of Zebah and Zalmunna and Gideon and Gideons Three Hundred Men’s pursuit of Zebah and ZalmunnaGideonJudge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God.via Gideon’s killing of Zebah and ZalmunnaKillingKilling is a concept gathering 151 labelled instances in the text.via Gideon and Gideons Three Hundred Men’s pursuit of Zebah and ZalmunnaPursuitPursuit is a concept gathering 43 labelled instances in the text.via Making of EnemiesEnemiesEnemies is a group attested across 11 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Making of EnemiesMakingMaking is a concept gathering 271 labelled instances in the text.via Making of EnemiesOrebMidianite prince, killed by Ephraimites

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