Judges 8:13

‘ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle, from the ascent of Heres.'

Gideon ‘returned from battle.' That was the last thing that the leaders of Succoth or Penuel had expected. They had not realised that Yahweh was with him.

“From the ascent of Heres”. This means the ascent of ‘the sun'. Many mountains would be called this, compare a similarly named mountain in Aijalon (Judges 1:35), but the writer may have seen in it an indication of the power of Yahweh, remembering the incident when the sun stood still to ensure Joshua's victory (Joshua 10:12). There may also be reference to Judges 5:31, ‘let those who love Him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might'.