1. The Israelites did things that the Lord saw as evil, and the Lord handed them over to the Midianites for seven years.
2. The power of the Midianites prevailed over Israel, and because of the Midianites, the Israelites used crevices and caves in the mountains as hidden strongholds.
3. Whenever the Israelites planted seeds, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other easterners would invade.
4. They would set up camp against the Israelites and destroy the land’s crops as far as Gaza, leaving nothing to keep Israel alive, not even sheep, oxen, or donkeys.