And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and {toward} the house that I have built for thy name: {toward the city: Heb. the way of the city}