Oreb, The rock of

Oreb, The rock of
   The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites (Judg. 7:25; Isa. 10:26). It was probably the place now called Orbo, on the east of Jordan, near Bethshean.

Easton's Bible Dictionary. . 1897.

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