Judges 6:4

“And they encamped against them, etc.] Formed a camp, from whence they sent out parties to plunder the people; or “they were fixing their tents among them,” as the Vulgate Latin version; and so the Targum, “they dwelt by them,” or fixed their habitations by them; for they seem not to have come as a regular army, but as a sort of banditti to pillage, and plunder, and destroy the fruits of the earth; and the Midianites and Arabians dwelt in tents chiefly: and destroyed the increase of the earth; the corn and grass before they were well ripe, and fit to cut down; this they did, and gave it to their cattle, and the rest they carried off: till thou come unto Gaza; a principality of the…”

“Gaza indicates the extreme point south to which they spread their devastations, crossing the Jordan near Bethshan (Scythopolls), and entering by the valley of Jezreel, and sweeping along the whole of the maritime plain or Shephelah. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Unto Gaza - That is, from the east, on which side they entered, to the well, where Gaza was, near the sea: so they destroyed the whole land. Judges 6:5”

“destroyed: Lev 26:16; Deu 28:30, Deu 28:33, Deu 28:51; Mic 6:15 till thou come: The Midianites dwelt beyond the eastern borders of the land of Canaan, east of the Dead Sea, and Gaza was on the Mediterranean, on the west, so that these invaders ravaged the whole breadth of the land. Gen 10:19, Gen 13:10 left no: Pro 28:3; Jer 49:9, Jer 49:10; Oba 1:5 sheep: or, goat Judges 6:5”