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Jdg 8:28 — Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

was Midian		Psa 83:9-12; Isa 9:4; Isa 10:26
forty years		Jdg 3:11,30; Jdg 5:31

Correlating Passages

was Midian

	Psa 83:9	Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
	Psa 83:10	[Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.
	Psa 83:11	Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
	Psa 83:12	Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
	Isa 9:4	For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
	Isa 10:26	And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and [as] his rod [was] upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

forty years

	Jdg 3:11	And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
	Jdg 3:30	So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
	Jdg 5:31	So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but [let] them that love him [be] as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

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Scott, Thomas. "Judges 8:28," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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