Gideon's Three Hundred

1191 BC Jezreel Valley Status: ended Casualties: 120,000 Midianites by the sword; the rest fled across Jordan

From thirty-two thousand the Lord whittled Israel to three hundred — those who lapped water from the hand. By night Gideon's band broke pitchers, blew trumpets, and cried 'A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!' The Midianite host turned its swords on itself and fled. Judges 7.

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Belligerents

Gideon & 300 of Israel
Midianites, Amalekites, & sons of the East

Casualties

120,000 Midianites by the sword; the rest fled across Jordan

Key events

The fleece wet, the ground dry; the fleece dry, the ground wet
The dream of the barley loaf overturning the tent
Pitchers broken, torches blazing, trumpets blown — the Midianites turn sword on each other
Pursuit east of Jordan; the kings Zebah and Zalmunna slain

Aftermath

Forty years of peace. Gideon refused kingship — 'the Lord shall rule over you' — but his son Abimelech seized it bloodily, the first king of Israel by force.

Weapons & matériel

300 trumpets, 300 empty pitchers, 300 torches

Sources

Judges 6–8

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.