Judges 7:12
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Midianites and the Amalekites, and the children of the east,.... The Arabians, who with the Amalekites joined the Midianites in this expedition:
lay along in the valley in the valley of…
Gideon's army being diminished as we have found it was, he must either fight by faith or not at all; God therefore here provides recruits for his faith, instead of recruits for his forces.
I. He…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
and the Amalekitesetc.] See on Jdg 6:3, and cf. Jdg 6:5.
lay along lay settled, like locusts: the vast numbers explain both Gideon's fear and the ease with which he escaped observation. But the verse…
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