Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
"Nobah and Jogbehah"  (Judges 8:11).  "Nobah belonged to the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, and Jogbehah was in the tribe of Gad."[10]  Barnes concluded from the supposed location of these places that Gideon was able to fall upon the Midianites at Karkor unexpectedly from the east.  Such an attack was totally beyond any anticipation.