Judges 7:14

of Gideon the son of Joash The phrase which follows means the men of Israel, as in Judges 7:8; Judges 7:23, Judges 8:22; Judges 9:55; Judges 20:20, the sing, being used in a collective sense; and this rendering agrees with the symbol of the barley cake, which suggests the peasantry in general, not any particular individual. If, in accordance with usage, we translate the men of Israel, then it seems likely that the names of Gideon and his father were inserted to make the application more distinct. Some scholars would include the swordamong the inserted words (cf. Judges 7:20), but this is hardly necessary.

into their hand God hath delivered A foreigner uses the name Elohim: Jehovahis for Israelites; cf. Judges 3:20.