Judges 6:34

the spirit of the Lord came upon lit. -put on as a garment," i.e. took possession of Gideon; cf. 1 Chronicles 12:18; 2 Chronicles 24:20. The verb is used in Syriac with the same metaphorical sense; e.g. -Ignatius, God-clad and martyr," a frequent expression in the Syr. fragments of the Ignatian Epistles 1 [38]. Cf. also Romans 13:14. For the spirit of the Lordsee on Judges 3:10.

[38] Lightfoot, Apostolic Fathersi. 184 190, iii. 100, 111.

blew a trumpet Cf. Judges 3:27. Gideon's own clansmen respond to the call; they seem to be the 300 who follow him in Judges 8:4-21. This verse would form a suitable continuation of 11 24.