They stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
The Midianites felt so bewildered by this "surprise attack" that they slaughtered their fellow soldiers in the confusion and fled for home as fast as they could go (cf. Judges 4:15-16). The towns mentioned (Judges 7:22) were at the southeast end of the Harod (lit. trembling) Valley. The Harod Valley is an eastern extension of the Jezreel Valley, and it connects the Jezreel Valley with the Jordan Valley. These towns stood on either side of the Jordan River. Zererah (or Zerethan, Judges 7:22) was about five miles southwest of Succoth and Penuel. [Note: The Macmillan Bible Atlas, map 76, p. 54.] Thus God accomplished again what amounts to another exodus for Israel.