Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 7:8
Their trumpets — That is the trumpets belonging to the whole army, which he retained for the use following.
Their trumpets — That is the trumpets belonging to the whole army, which he retained for the use following.
Verse Judges 7:8. _SO THE PEOPLE TOOK VICTUALS_] The three hundred men that he reserved took the victuals necessary for the day's expenditure, while the others were dismissed to their tents and their...
The sense is, “And they (the three hundred) took the victuals and trumpets of the people (all the people of Judges 7:7) into their hands.” so that each of the three hundred should have a trumpet and a...
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 REDUCTION OF GIDEON'S ARMY. This section teaches that Yahweh is the giver of victory, and that it is as easy for Him to save by few as by many (1 Samuel 14:6). The spring of Harod (trembling, _cf....
THE PEOPLE. So the 300 are called....
_So the people took victuals in their hand_ Not a strict transl. of the original, which must mean _So they took the provisions of the people in their hand_(LXX, marg.), though the text requires correc...
Judges 7:1-8. _Gideon's army is reduced_ It seems to have been a fixed element in the tradition that 300 was the number of Gideon's force (Judges 7:6; Judges 7:16;...
_Gideon's Men Reduced to Three Hundred Judges 7:1-14_ Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the...
_SO THE PEOPLE TOOK VICTUALS IN THEIR HAND, AND THEIR TRUMPETS: AND HE SENT ALL THE REST OF ISRAEL EVERY MAN UNTO HIS TENT, AND RETAINED THOSE THREE HUNDRED MEN: AND THE HOST OF MIDIAN WAS BENEATH HIM...
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...
SO THE PEOPLE TOOK VICTUALS IN THEIR HAND, AND THEIR TRUMPETS. — The E.V. here differs from most of the ancient versions (_e.g.,_ the LXX., the Chaldee, the Vulgate, &c.), which render it, “And they ...
וַ יִּקְח֣וּ אֶת ־צֵדָה֩ הָ עָ֨ם בְּ
"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...
QUANTITY VERSUS QUALITY Judges 7:1 “No king is saved by the multitude of an host,” Psalms 33:16. God does not need multitudes. It is false to say that He is “on the side of the heaviest battalions.”...
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...
_Victuals. It appears that they did not take sufficient, (Calmet) not expecting that they would have to pursue the enemy so far, chap. viii. 5, 8._...
This reminds us of the walls of Jericho, and the Holy Ghost hath caused to be recorded, that the victory was on one and the same account, and both by faith. See Heb_11:30; Heb_11:32-33....
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...
SO THE PEOPLE TOOK VICTUALS IN THEIR HANDS AND THEIR TRUMPETS,.... That is, the three hundred took victuals of those that departed, as much as was necessary for them, and also their trumpets, being di...
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all [the rest of] Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath hi...
_Their trumpets_ That is, the trumpets belonging to the whole army, which he retained for the use following. Gideon seems to have been now inspired with the thought of the stratagem which he put in ex...
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....
So the people took victuals in their hand, rather, they, the three hundred, took the people's food, which had been prepared for the campaign, AND THEIR TRUMPETS; AND HE SENT ALL THE REST OF ISRAEL EVE...
The Army Reduced....
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...
AND THEIR TRUMPETS, i.e. the trumpets belonging to the whole army, even to those who were gone away, which he retained for the use here following. See JUDGES 7:16....
Judges 7:8 people H5971 took H3947 (H8799) provisions H6720 trumpets H7782 hands H3027 sent H7971 (H8765) all...
‘So the people took victuals in their hand, and their ram's horns, and he sent all the men of Israel, every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men. And the camp of Midian was beneath him...
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...
_Gideon _. .. _ pitched beside the wall of Harod._ GIDEON’S ARMY I. The Lord called him to fight. The world must see, now and then, the gigantic crimes of a mere man turned back by rival arms upon bo...
_THE ARMY OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE_ I. THE DIMINUTION OF ITS NUMBERS _Judges 7:1_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 7:1. THEN JERUBBAAL.] The name is given as _the challenger of Baal_, the man who, for the h...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 7:1 JERUBBAAL. The mention of this name seems intended to keep before our minds that it is emphatically the servant of the Lord who is going forth to victory. THE WELL OF HAROD, _i....
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; Isaiah 27:13; Joshua 6:20; Joshua 6:4; Judges 3:27
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...