Judges 8:11

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east He tracked the fugitives across the Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east. He tracked the fugitives across the mountain range of Gilead to the northeast of the Jabbok, and there came upon them unexpectedly, while they were resting secure among their own nomadic tribes. Jogbehah is supposed to be Ramoth-gilead; and therefore the Midianites must have found refuge at or near Abela, 'Abel-cheramim,' the plain of the vineyards.