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The Spring of Trembling
Multiple commentators highlight that the name of the spring where Gideon camped, 'Harod,' literally means 'trembling.' This name prophetically foreshadows the test that follows, where God will dismiss all the soldiers who are fearful and trembling, reducing the army from 32,000 to 10,000.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 7:1
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Judges 7:1
19th Century
Bishop
Jerubbaal, who is Gideon. Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Joseph, Esther, Daniel, Saint Paul, and others are instances of Scriptural charac…
John Gill
On Judges 7:1
17th Century
Pastor
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon. That being the name his father had lately given him (Judges 6:32).
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 7:1–8
17th Century
Minister
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…