Judges 7:19-25
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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