Judges 8:1-3

Living Bible

8 But the tribal leaders of Ephraim were violently angry with Gideon.

“Why didn’t you send for us when you first went out to fight the Midianites?” they demanded.

^2-3 But Gideon replied, “God let you capture Oreb and Zeeb, the generals of the army of Midian! What have I done in comparison with that? Your actions at the end of the battle were more important than ours at the beginning!”^[a] So they calmed down.