The sense is, “And they (the three hundred) took the victuals and trumpets of the people (all the people of Judges 7:7) into their hands”; so that …

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets. —The English Version here differs from most of the ancient…

So the people took victuals in their hands and their trumpets ,
&c.] That is, the three hundred took victuals of tho…

God provides that the praise of victory may be entirely His, by appointing only three hundred men to be employed. Activity and prudence accompany d…