At this point, the climax of the first battle is reached with the Ephraimites’ capture and execution of the pair of Midianite leaders (sarim): Oreb (“Raven”) and Zeeb (“Wolf”). The setting for the execution is interesting: Oreb on a rock, Zeeb at a winepress (7:25). Ironically, a winepress and rock in Ophrah were the setting for Gideon’s call to deliver the Israelites from the Midianites (6:11–20).
