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 Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon,.... That being the name his father had lately given him, Jdg 6:32.
and all the people that were with him, rose up early; encouraged by the signs and miracles wrought,…
Barnes' Notes
The well of Harod - i. e. of trembling, evidently so called from the people who were afraid Jdg 7:3. It is identified with great probability with Ain Jalud, a spacious pool at the foot of Gilboa; (by…
Here, I. Gideon applies himself with all possible care and industry to do the part of a good general, in leading on the hosts of Israel against the Midianites (Jdg 7:1): He rose up early, as one whose…
Jdg 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 (Jdg 7:6-8; Jdg 7:7; Jdg 7:19-21, Jdg 8:4); but Jdg 6:35 has just…
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