Judges 7:25

Oreb and Zeeb The Midianite princes bear Hebrew (or Hebraized) names = -Raven" and -Wolf." The sheikh of the powerful tribe of the Banû -Adwân, who range the country S.E. of the Jordan, still receives the hereditary title of Dhi"âb, i.e. Zeeb. Animal names of this kind were borne both by clans and individuals, more frequently by the former, as the O.T. shews; they may be explained as survivals from a totem stage of society. See Gray, Hebr. Pr. Names, 112 114. Instead of the two princes Oreb and Zeeb, the other narrative, Judges 8:4-21, mentions the two kings Zebah and Zalmunna. Cf. Psalms 83:11.

the rock of Oreb … the winepress of Zeeb It is implied that the spots were named after the chiefs who fell there. Possibly the names of two conical hills N. and N.W. of Jericho, -Uðð el ghurâb (-raven's nest") Ṭuwçl edh-dhi"âb (-ridge of the wolf"), have preserved a memory of the event; Buhl, Geogr., p. 115. Isaiah 10:16 interprets this episode in a wider sense; cf. also Isaiah 9:4.

and pursued Midian … beyond Jordan The present narrative, Judges 7:22 to Judges 8:3, tells how Gideon chased the Midianites down to the Jordan fords and into the arms of the Ephraimites, who brought to him the heads of the two chieftains. Nothing is said of Gideon having crossed the Jordan. These words were probably added by a later editor who wished to bring Judges 7:22 to Judges 8:3 into harmony with Judges 8:4 ff.