He mentions his own name, together with God s, not out of vain ostentation or arrogance, as if he would equal himself with God; for he mentions God in the first and chief place, and himself only as his minister; but from prudent policy, because his name was grown formidable to them, and so was likely to further his design, and their flight, as it did.
Verse Judges 7:18. THE SWORD _OF THE LORD, AND OF GIDEON._] The word חרב _chereb_, "sword," is not found in this verse, though it is necessarily implied, and is found in Judges 7:20. But it is found...
CHAPTER 7 THE VICTORY OF GIDEON _ 1. The sifting of Gideon's army (Judges 7:1)_ 2. The dream of the Midianite (Judges 7:9) 3. Victory through weakness (Judges 7:16) Gideon “the cutter down,” now al...
THE NIGHT ALARM AND ROUT. Gideon's stratagem consisted in the division of his small force into three companies, who charged the enemy from three sides at once, making an uproar and producing a panic....
THE SWORD. These words are supplied by Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ from Judges 7:20. But some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read these words in the text. Literally "For Jehovah and for Gideon"....
_The night attack_ The account of Gideon's bold and successful stratagem is perfectly intelligible as a whole, though there is some confusion in the details, chiefly due to the repetitions in Judges...
THE SWORD OF THE LORD, AND OF GIDEON— Though the word _sword_ is not in the Hebrew in this place, yet, as it is read in the 20th verse, our translators have very properly added it. It is evident, says...
_The Lamps and the Pitchers Judges 7:15-23_ 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshiped, and returned into the host of Israel, and s...
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, LOOK ON ME, AND DO LIKEWISE: AND, BEHOLD, WHEN I COME TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAMP, IT SHALL BE THAT, AS I DO, SO SHALL YE DO._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE ROUT OF MIDIAN 1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers....
_The sword_] These words do not occur in the Heb. in this v. but are supplied from Judges 7:20. Jehovah is the true leader of the Israelite host....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 7 V1 Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (Gideon) and his men camped at the *spring called Harod. The army from Midian had their camp north from them. It...
THE SWORD OF THE LORD, AND OF GIDEON. — Literally, _for Jehovah and for Gideon_ (LXX., Τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεων; Vulg., _clangite et conclamate Domino et Gedeoni_)_,_ but the particle _le_ often has the...
וְ תָקַעְתִּי֙ בַּ † שֹּׁופָ֔ר אָנֹכִ֖י וְ...
"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY" Judges 6:33; Judges 7:1 ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summit and holier...
"MIDIAN'S EVIL DAY" Judges 7:8 - Judges 8:1 THERE is now with Gideon a select band of three hundred, ready for a night attack on the Midianites. The leader has been guided to a singular and striking...
THE SWORD OF JEHOVAH AND OF GIDEON Judges 7:9 Gideon _asked_ for the sign of the fleece, but God, _without his asking,_ gave him that of the barley-cake. It was only barley-bread, the cheapest and co...
This is the story of perhaps one of the most remarkable conflicts in the whole history of the people. As we have seen, it was a time when they had been cruelly oppressed as the result of disobedience....
The second invasion of the Midianites and their allies placed 135,000 troops in the land of Israel (Ruth 8:10). Yet, when God saw the number of men who answered Gideon's call to arms, he said 32,000 m...
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, (i) [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon. (i) That is, the victory s...
_Camp, and shout together to the Lord and to Gedeon: or rather "the sword of, &c., ver. 20. The war is the Lord's, victory to or by the hand of Gedeon," Chaldean. He is the minister of God's justice t...
As the Holy Ghost, in his own comment on this battle, (Hebrews 11:32), hath pronounced it to be a battle of faith, we have his authority to mark the prominent features of it, agreeable to this account...
The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
Thirty-two thousand men followed Gideon. But Jehovah will not have so many. He alone must be glorified in their deliverance. Their faith was indeed so weak, even while the Spirit of God was at work, t...
WHEN I BLOW WITH A TRUMPET, I AND ALL THAT ARE WITH ME,.... He being at the head of one of the three companies, Judges 7:19 perhaps the middlemost, which might stand for the body of the army; and the...
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon. Ver. 18. _The sword of the Lor...
_He said to them, Look on me_ For though two hundred of his men were placed on other sides of the camp, yet they were so disposed, that some persons, set as watchmen, might see what was done, and give...
1 Gideons armie of two and thirtie thousand is brought to three hundred. 9 He is encouraged by the dreame and interpretation of the barley cake. 16 His stratageme of trumpets and lampes in pitchers....
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and say, The sword of the Lord and of Gideon, for that was the battle-cry. By attac...
THE DEFEAT OF THE MIDIANITES...
ISRAEL'S ARMY REDUCED BY GOD (vv. 1-9) Gideon's influence had gathered 32,000 men, and they encamped south of the encampment of the Midianites, prepared for battle (v. 1).Compared to Midian, this ar...
16-22 This method of defeating the Midianites may be alluded to, as exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world, by the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the sounding that tru...
Judges 7:18 blow H8628 (H8804) trumpet H7782 blow H8628 (H8804) trumpets H7782 side H5439 camp H4264 say...
‘ And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them ram's horns, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers. And he said to them, “Watch me,...
Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
CONTENTS: Gideon's three hundred and the victory over Midian and Amalek. CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Phurah, Oreb, Zeeb. CONCLUSION: God wants prepared men to fight God's battles with God's weapons in...
Judges 7:1. _The well of Harod;_ equivalent to terror, from the panic of the Midianites. It is situate on the south side of Gilboa. Judges 7:2. _The people with thee are too many,_ while human fears s...
_Arise, for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian._ DIVINE PROVIDENCE OVERRULING THE RESULT I. The hand of the Lord visible in this deliverance. 1. In the general effect produce...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 7:18 FOR THE LORD AND FOR GIDEON is a war cry. ⇐...
_MAIN HOMILETICS_.—_Judges 7:15_ I. THE HAND OF THE LORD VISIBLE IN THIS DELIVERANCE. It is quite manifest that the overruling Providence of God was at work in all this to bring out the result. This...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 7:9 GET THEE DOWN, etc; _i.e_. attack the camp at once with thy 300 men. But if thou art afraid to do so, go down first alone with Phurah thy servant, and hear what they are saying...
So in chapter seven, [when] Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and they pitched beside the well of Harod (Judges 7:1): Now the well of Harod is still there...
1 Samuel 17:47; 2 Chronicles 20:15; Judges 7:20...
GIDEON, A HERO OF THE FAITH Judges 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Hebrews eleven classes Gideon with the heroes of the faith. This may well have been done. We need to remember, however, that Gideon lived i...
THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON Judges 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are coming to our second study concerning Gideon. We are sure that many things of value will be found in this remarkable chapter...
Of Gideon — He mentions his own name, together with God's, not out of arrogance, as if he would equal himself with God; but from prudent policy, because his name was grown formidable to them, and so w...