Judges 7:16 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Gideon himself took the command of one company, and sent the other two under their respective captains to different sides of the camp ([Reference J…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Into three companies. — See Judges 9:43. This division of the attacking force was a common stratagem. We find it in Job 1:17 —

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies ,
&c.] One hundred in a company, partly to make the better…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

This method of defeating the Midianites may be understood as exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world—a destruction accompl…