The three bands of Israelites stood still while the Midianites were thrown into a panic by the startling noises and the sudden lights.

ran The expression is somewhat weak. A slight correction, proposed by Moore and generally accepted, greatly improves the narrative, woke up.

and they shouted, and fled] So Verss.; the subject of both verbs is the host. They shoutedmeans sounded the alarm; see Hosea 5:8; Joel 2:1, cf. Isaiah 15:4.

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