And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Berean Study Bible (BSB) - Judges 6:3 >Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,