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Verse Judges 7:22. _FLED TO BETH-SHITTAH_] This is no where else
mentioned in Scripture.
_ZERERATH_] This and _Tabbath_ are nowhere else to be found.
_ABEL-MEHOLAH_] This was the birth-place of the...
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BETH-SHITTAH - - “House of the acacias,” the same trees which gave
their name to “Shittim” Numbers 33:49 in the plains of Maab, and
which grew plentifully also, in the peninsula of Sinai Exodus 25:5
p...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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The Midianites, roused suddenly from sleep, gave the alarm and tried
to fly (Judges 7:21); now, believing themselves to be completely
surrounded, and cumbered by their tents and cattle, they turn thei...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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These places cannot be identified, but were probably in the Jordan
valley, towards a point E. of Shechem....
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THE ROUT OF MIDIAN
1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers....
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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...
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BLEW THE TRUMPETS. — They continued to blow incessantly, to add to
the panic.
THE LORD SET EVERY MAN’S SWORD AGAINST HIS FELLOW. — We have an
exact parallel to this in the mutual slaughter of the Ammo...
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וַֽ יִּתְקְעוּ֮ שְׁלֹשׁ ־מֵאֹ֣ות הַ
שֹּׁופָרֹות֒...
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"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...
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"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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's
sword against his (l) fellow, even throughout all the host: and the
host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, [and] to the border of
A...
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The Reader should particularly remark the expression, The Lord set
every man ' s sword against his fellow. The terrors of the mind make
the wicked flee, when no man pursueth. And thus the Lord's promi...
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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...
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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...
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AND THE THREE HUNDRED MEN BLEW THE TRUMPETS,.... Kept blowing them to
continue and increase the terror of the enemy, and still held the
lamps in their hands, and stood as torch bearers to light the
Mi...
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And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's
sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host
fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, [and] to the border of Abelm...
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_They stood_ As if they had been torch-bearers to the several
companies. _Every man's sword against his fellow_ They slew one
another, because they suspected treachery, and so fell upon those they
fir...
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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....
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And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man's
sword among the host of the enemies, AGAINST HIS FELLOW EVEN
THROUGHOUT ALL THE HOST, as a result of their headless panic; AND THE...
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THE DEFEAT OF THE MIDIANITES...
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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...
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IN:
Or, towards
BORDER:
_ Heb._ tip...
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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...
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They slew one another, either because they suspected treachery, and so
fell upon those they first met with; which they might more easily do,
because they consisted of several nations, as may be gather...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 7:22 The victory was clearly God’s. He
turned the Midianites’ own swords against them (v. Judges 7:22) and
they fled....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 4:12; 1 Samuel 14:16; 2 Chronicles 20:23;...
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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...
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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...
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Against his fellow — They slew one another, because they suspected
treachery, and so fell upon those they first met with; which they
might more easily do, because they consisted of several nations,
be...