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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…

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

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

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