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Verse Judges 7:18. THE SWORD _OF THE LORD, AND OF GIDEON._] The word
חרב _chereb_, "sword," is not found in this verse, though it is
necessarily implied, and is found in Judges 7:20. But it is found...
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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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THE SWORD. These words are supplied by Figure of speech _Ellipsis_
from Judges 7:20. But some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read these
words in the text. Literally "For Jehovah and for Gideon"....
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_The night attack_
The account of Gideon's bold and successful stratagem is perfectly
intelligible as a whole, though there is some confusion in the
details, chiefly due to the repetitions in Judges...
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THE SWORD OF THE LORD, AND OF GIDEON— Though the word _sword_ is not
in the Hebrew in this place, yet, as it is read in the 20th verse, our
translators have very properly added it. It is evident, says...
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_The Lamps and the Pitchers Judges 7:15-23_
15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, that he worshiped, and returned into the host
of Israel, and s...
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_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, LOOK ON ME, AND DO LIKEWISE: AND, BEHOLD, WHEN
I COME TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAMP, IT SHALL BE THAT, AS I DO, SO SHALL
YE DO._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE ROUT OF MIDIAN
1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers....
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_The sword_] These words do not occur in the Heb. in this v. but are
supplied from Judges 7:20. Jehovah is the true leader of the Israelite
host....
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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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THE SWORD OF THE LORD, AND OF GIDEON. — Literally, _for Jehovah and
for Gideon_ (LXX., Τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεων;
Vulg., _clangite et conclamate Domino et Gedeoni_)_,_ but the particle
_le_ often has the...
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וְ תָקַעְתִּי֙ בַּ † שֹּׁופָ֔ר
אָנֹכִ֖י וְ...
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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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THE SWORD OF JEHOVAH AND OF GIDEON
Judges 7:9
Gideon _asked_ for the sign of the fleece, but God, _without his
asking,_ gave him that of the barley-cake. It was only barley-bread,
the cheapest and co...
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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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When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye
the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, (i) [The
sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon.
(i) That is, the victory s...
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_Camp, and shout together to the Lord and to Gedeon: or rather "the
sword of, &c., ver. 20. The war is the Lord's, victory to or by the
hand of Gedeon," Chaldean. He is the minister of God's justice t...
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As the Holy Ghost, in his own comment on this battle, (Hebrews 11:32),
hath pronounced it to be a battle of faith, we have his authority to
mark the prominent features of it, agreeable to this account...
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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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WHEN I BLOW WITH A TRUMPET, I AND ALL THAT ARE WITH ME,.... He being
at the head of one of the three companies, Judges 7:19 perhaps the
middlemost, which might stand for the body of the army; and the...
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When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye
the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, [The sword]
of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Ver. 18. _The sword of the Lor...
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_He said to them, Look on me_ For though two hundred of his men were
placed on other sides of the camp, yet they were so disposed, that
some persons, set as watchmen, might see what was done, and give...
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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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When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye
the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and say, The sword of
the Lord and of Gideon, for that was the battle-cry. By attac...
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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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16-22 This method of defeating the Midianites may be alluded to, as
exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world, by
the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the sounding that tru...
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He mentions his own name, together with God s, not out of vain
ostentation or arrogance, as if he would equal himself with God; for
he mentions God in the first and chief place, and himself only as hi...
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Judges 7:18 blow H8628 (H8804) trumpet H7782 blow H8628 (H8804)
trumpets H7782 side H5439 camp H4264 say...
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‘ And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he
put into the hands of all of them ram's horns, and empty pitchers,
with torches within the pitchers. And he said to them, “Watch me,...
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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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_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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1 Samuel 17:47; 2 Chronicles 20:15; Judges 7:20...
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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...
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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...
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Of Gideon — He mentions his own name, together with God's, not out
of arrogance, as if he would equal himself with God; but from prudent
policy, because his name was grown formidable to them, and so w...