Judges 7:12-25
the Midianites Judg 6:3, Judg 6:5, Judg 6:33; 1Kgs 4:30 grasshoppers Judg 8:10; 2Chr 14:9-12; Ps 3:1, Ps 33:16, Ps 118:10-12; Isa 8:9-10 a cake Judg 3:15, Judg 3:31, Judg 4:9, Judg 4:21, Judg 6:15; Isa 41:14-15; 1Cor 1:27 his fellow Num 22:38, Num 23:5, Num 23:20, Num 24:10-13; Job 1:10 into his hand Exod 15:14-15; Josh 2:9, Josh 2:24, Josh 5:1; 2Kgs 7:6-7 interpretation thereof Heb. breaking thereof, Gen 40:8, Gen 41:11 worshipped Gen 24:26-27, Gen 24:48; Exod 4:30-31; 2Chr 20:18-19 Arise Judg 4:14; 2Cor 10:4-6 three companies This small number of men, thus divided, would be able to encompass the whole camp of the Midianites. Concealing the lamps in the pitchers, they would pass unobserved to their appointed stations; then, in the dead of the night, when most of the enemy were fast asleep, all at once breaking their pitchers one against another, with as much noise as they could, and blowing the trumpets and shouting; they would occasion an exceedingly great alarm. The obedience of faith alone could have induced such an expedient, which no doubt God directed Gideon to employ. - Scott. a trumpet Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them empty 2Cor 4:7 lamps or, fire-brands, or torches Judg 9:48; Matt 16:24; 1Cor 11:1; Heb 13:7; 1Pet 5:3 blow ye Judg 7:20 the sword The word cherev, "sword," necessarily implied, and rightly supplied by our venerable translators from Judg 7:20, is found in this place, in the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, and in eight manuscripts; and evidently appears to be genuine. 1Sam 17:47; 2Chr 20:15-17 in the beginning Exod 14:24; Matt 25:6; 1Thess 5:2; Rev 16:15 they blew Judg 7:8 brake Judg 7:16; Ps 2:9; Jer 13:13-14, Jer 19:1-11 blew How astonishing and overwhelming must the effect be, in a dark night, of the sudden glare of 300 torches, darting their splendour in the same instant on the half-awakened eyes of the terrified Midianites; accompanied with the clangor of 300 trumpets, alternately mingled with the thundering shout of cherav yehovah oolegidon, "The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!" Num 10:1-10; Josh 6:4, Josh 6:16, Josh 6:20; Isa 27:13; 1Cor 15:52; 1Thess 4:16 brake 2Cor 4:7; Heb 11:4; 2Pet 1:15 stood Exod 14:13-14; 2Chr 20:17; Isa 30:7, Isa 30:15 all the host Exod 14:25; 2Kgs 7:6-7; Job 15:21-22; Prov 28:1 blew Josh 6:4, Josh 6:16, Josh 6:20; 2Cor 4:7 the Lord 1Sam 14:16-20; 2Chr 20:23; Ps 83:9; Isa 9:4, Isa 19:2 in or, toward Zererath Probably the same as Zartanah. 1Kgs 4:12 border Heb. lip Abelmeholah Situated, according to Eusebius 16 miles south from Scythopolis, or Bethshan. 1Kgs 4:12, 1Kgs 19:16 Tabbath Probably the town of Οηβης, mentioned by Eusebius, 13 miles from Neapolis, or Shechem, towards Scythopolis. Judg 6:35; 1Sam 14:21-22 sent Judg 3:27; Rom 15:30; Phil 1:27 take before Judg 3:28, Judg 12:5 Bethbarah Probably the same as Betha-bara, beyond Jordan, and at the ford where the Hebrews passed under the direction of Joshua. John 1:28 two princes Judg 8:3; Ps 83:11-12 rock Josh 7:26; Isa 10:26 Oreb Eusebius and Jerome speak of a small place called Araba, three miles west from Scythopolis, which is supposed by some to have had its name from Oreb. and brought Among ancient nations, the head of the conquered chief was usually brought to the conqueror. Thus Pompey's head was brought to Cesar, Cicero's head to Mark Anthony, and the heads of Ahab's children to Jehu. These barbarities are seldom practised now, except among the Mahommedans, or the savages of Africa and America; and for the credit of human nature, it is to be wished that such atrocities had never been committed. on the other side The words maiaiver lyyarden, may denote at the passage of Jordan, or from beyond Jordan. Gideon does not appear to have yet passed the Jordan. Judg 8:4
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