Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Judges 7:20
Held the lamps and the trumpets, that they might be thought to be a mighty host, having as many troops or companies as there were trumpets and lights.
Held the lamps and the trumpets, that they might be thought to be a mighty host, having as many troops or companies as there were trumpets and lights.
Verse Judges 7:20. _BLEW THE TRUMPETS, AND BRAKE THE PITCHERS_] How astonishing must the effect be, in a dark night, of the sudden glare of three hundred torches, darting their splendour, in the same...
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 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...
Gideon's company having given the signal (Judges 7:19), the two others reply, and all three together (Judges 7:20) carry out the preconcerted plan. The sentence -and the trumpets in their right hands...
DISCOURSE: 267 GIDEON’S VICTORY OVER MIDIAN Judges 7:19. So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but new...
_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 THE THREE COMPANIES BLEW THE TRUMPETS, AND BRAKE THE PITCHERS, AND HELD THE LAMPS IN THEIR LEFT HANDS,_ _ AND THE TRUMPETS IN THEIR RIGHT HANDS TO BLOW WITHAL: AND THEY CRIED, THE SWORD OF THE LO...
THE ROUT OF MIDIAN 1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers....
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 TRUMPETS IN THEIR RIGHT HANDS... — Thus they were comparatively defenceless, though, if they had any armour at all, doubtless they could still hold the shield on the left arm, while the sword was...
וַֽ֠ יִּתְקְעוּ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָ רָאשִׁ֥ים בַּ †...
"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 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...
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...
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow [withal]: and they cried, The (k) sword of the...
Nothing can be more evident than that the battle was the Lord's; for the army of Israel did nothing but alarm, make a great noise, and look on. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. Exodus 1...
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...
AND THE THREE COMPANIES BLEW THE TRUMPETS, AND BRAKE THE PITCHERS,.... The other two, observing what Gideon and his company did, followed their example, and at the same time blew their trumpets, and b...
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow [withal]: and they cried, The sword of the LORD...
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....
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal; and they cried, The sword of the Lord a...
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 7:20 three H7969 companies H7218 blew H8628 (H8799) trumpets H7782 broke H7665 (H8799) pitchers H3537 held...
‘ So Gideon, and the one hundred men who were with him, came to the extremity of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch, and they blew the ram's horns and...
‘And they stood every man in his place around the camp, and all the host ran about, and they shouted and put them to flight.' The courage needed by these men was immense. Had they been discovered they...
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 7:20 A SWORD FOR THE LORD AND FOR GIDEON! Ironically, no Israelite swords were used at all, only torches, trumpets, and jars....
_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 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Peter 1:15;...
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...