{{Short description|Kings mentioned in the Hebrew Bible}} {{onesource|date=November 2021}} [[File:Hieronymus Wierix, Gillis Coignet (After) - Gideon.jpg|thumb|Landscape with Gideon. In his one hand the heads of Zebach and Salmunna, in his other a trumpet and an oil lamp. ([[Hieronymus Wierix]])]] '''Zebah''' ({{Langx|he|זֶ֫בַח}} ''Zeḇaḥ'', "sacrifice", '''Zebee''' in the [[Brenton Septuagint Translation]] and the [[Douai-Rheims Bible]]) and '''Zalmunna''' (צַלְמֻנָּע ''Ṣalmunnā‘'', "shade denied" or "Salm protects" '''Salmana''' in the Brenton Septuagint Translation and the Douai-Rheims Bible) were the two kings who led the vast host of the [[Midian]]ites who invaded the [[land of Israel]], and over whom [[Gideon]] gained a great and decisive victory ([[Book of Judges|Judges]] 8). Zebah and Zalmunna had succeeded in escaping across the [[Jordan River]] with a remnant of the Midianite host, but were overtaken at Karkor, probably in the [[Hauran]], and routed by [[Gideon]]. The kings were taken alive and brought back across the Jordan; and confessing that they had personally taken part in the killing of Gideon's brothers, they were put to death.
Their demise is remembered and invoked in {{bibleverse||Psalms|83:9-11|NKJV}}: :''Deal with them as with Midian ... yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna''.
See also [[Books of Samuel|1 Samuel]] 12:11 and [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 10:26.
==References== ===General references=== {{eastons|title=Zalmunna}} {{eastons|title=Zebah}}
[[Category:Midian]] [[Category:Book of Judges monarchs]] [[Category:Mythological duos]]
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