Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The well of Harod – that is, of trembling, evidently so called from the people who were afraid (Judges 7:3). It is identified wi…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Jerubbaal, who is Gideon. Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Joseph, Esther, Daniel, Saint Paul, and others are instances of Scriptural charac…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon. That being the name his father had lately given him (Judges 6:32).

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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