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Verse Judges 7:25. _THEY SLEW OREB UPON THE ROCK OREB_] These two
generals had taken shelter, one in the cavern of the rock, the other
in the vat of a winepress; both of which places were from this
ci...
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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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TWO PRINCES. Compare Psalms 83:11.Isaiah 10:26....
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_The pursuit_
23 _.out of Naphtali etc_.] The same tribes, with the addition of
Zebulun, were summoned before the battle, Judges 6:35; they must have
formed the bulk of the host dismissed in Judges 7:...
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_Oreb and Zeeb_ The Midianite princes bear Hebrew (or Hebraized) names
= -Raven" and -Wolf." The sheikh of the powerful tribe of the Banû
-Adwân, who range the country S.E. of the Jordan, still receiv...
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THEY TOOK TWO PRINCES OF THE MIDIANITES— Two of their princes or
generals, for the Hebrew word may signify either. Oreb, in the Hebrew,
signifies _a crow,_ and Zeeb, a wolf. It was anciently the custo...
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_Gideon's Victory Judges 7:24-25_
24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying,
Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto
Beth-barah and Jordan. Then...
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TWO PRINCES] RV 'the two princes.' OREB] 'Raven.' ZEEB] 'Wolf.' OTHER
SIDE JORDAN] This is an anticipation of the next chapter (Judges 7:4)....
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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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OREB AND ZEEB. — The names mean “raven” and “wolf”: but
these are common names for warriors among rude tribes, and there is no
reason to look on them as names given in scorn by the Israelites. Such
na...
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וַֽ יִּלְכְּד֡וּ שְׁנֵֽי ־שָׂרֵ֨י
מִדְיָ֜ן אֶת...
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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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A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH
Judges 7:24; Judges 8:1
The fleeing host made for the three fords of the Jordan, and with all
haste Gideon summoned the tribes to anticipate them. The way of the
vict...
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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 they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they
slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at (n) the winepress
of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb an...
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_Two men. That is, two of their chiefs. (Challoner) --- Press. Hebrew
yekeb, denotes a cistern fit to contain wine, Isaias v. 2., and
Proverbs iii. 10. --- Zeb had concealed himself in it. --- Jordan....
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The church in after ages records God's mercies to Israel, respecting
those princes; and prays that the like vengeance may be taken of all
God's foes. Psalms 83:11. The names of those princes, Oreb and...
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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 THEY TOOK TWO PRINCES OF THE MIDIANITES, OREB AND ZEEB,.... The
one signifies a "raven", and the other a "wolf"; which were either
nicknames given them because of their voraciousness and cruelty,...
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And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they
slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of
Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Ze...
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_To Gideon on the other side_ of _Jordan_ For Gideon, in the pursuit,
had passed over Jordan. Oreb and Zeeb had probably taken shelter, the
one in _a rock_, the other by _a wine-press._ But the places...
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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 they, the Ephraimites, TOOK TWO PRINCES OF THE MIDIANITES, OREB
AND ZEEB (raven and wolf); AND THEY SLEW OREB UPON THE ROCK OREB, AND
ZEEB THEY SLEW AT THE WINE-PRESS OF ZEEB, both of these places...
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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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23-25 Two chief commanders of the host of Midian were taken and slain
by the men of Ephraim. It were to be wished that we all did as these
did, and that where help is needed, that it were willingly an...
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For Gideon in the pursuit had passed over Jordan, as we read, JUDGES
8:4, which, though mentioned after this, may seem to have been done
before it, such transpositions being frequent in sacred story....
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Judges 7:25 captured H3920 (H8799) two H8147 princes H8269 Midianites
H4080 Oreb H6159 Zeeb H2062 killed H2026 ...
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‘And they took two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they slew
Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb,
and pursued Midian. And they brought the heads of Oreb and Zee...
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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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Isaiah 10:26; Joshua 7:26; Judges 8:3; Judges 8:4; Psalms 83:11;...
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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...