Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 7:5
Every one that lappeth of the water - as a dog - The original word ילק yalok is precisely the sound which a dog makes when he is drinking. read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 7:6
The number of them that lapped - From this account it appears that some of the people went down on their knees, and putting their mouths to the water, sucked up what they needed; the others stooped down, and taking up water in the hollow of their hands, applied it to their mouth. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 7:1
The well of Harod - i. e. of trembling, evidently so called from the people who were afraid Judges 7:3. It is identified with great probability with Ain Jalud, a spacious pool at the foot of Gilboa; (by Conder, with Ain el Jem’ain (the spring of the two troops)).Moreh was, probably, the little Hermon, the Jebel ed-Duhy of the Arabs, which encloses the plain two or three miles north of Gilboa, which shuts it in on the south. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 7:3
The proclamation was in accordance with the Law (see the marginal reference). No mountain of the name of Gilead is known in this locality, and it has been conjectured that the right reading is Gilboa. Others think that this may be a form of proclamation customary in Manasseh. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 7:4
Try - The word used for refining metals by separating the dross from the pure ore. They who threw themselves on the ground and drank freely were the more self-indulgent; while they who, remembering the near presence of the enemy, slaked their thirst with moderation, and without being off their guard for an instant, were the true soldiers of the army of God. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 7:1
Judges 7:1. Gideon rose up early As one whose heart was upon his business, and who was afraid of losing time. Being now sure God was with him, he is impatient of any delay. And pitched by the well of Harod That his army might not be distressed for want of water; and he gained the higher ground, which possibly might be some advantage to him, for the Midianites were beneath him in the valley. Our faith in God’s promises must not slacken, but rather quicken our endeavours. When we are sure... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 7:2
Judges 7:2. The people that are with thee are too many The army consisted of thirty-two thousand men, a small army in comparison of what Israel might have raised on so great an occasion, and a very small one in comparison with that which the Midianites had now brought into the field. Gideon, doubtless, was ready to think they were too few; but God comes to him and tells him they were too many. It is indeed the same thing with God to save by many or by few; but man being prone to attribute... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 7:3
Judges 7:3. From mount Gilead Not that mount Gilead which was on the east side of Jordan, for the camps, both of the Israelites and Midianites, were on the west side of that river, in the land of Canaan; but another mount Gilead in the tribe of Manasseh. There returned of the people twenty and two thousand These, finding their whole army very small, in comparison of that of their enemies, who were a hundred and thirty-five thousand, (Judges 8:10,) and all, no doubt, well armed and... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 7:4
Judges 7:4. The Lord said, The people are yet too many For my purpose, which is so to deliver Israel that it may appear to be by my own act; that so I may have all the glory, and they may be more strongly obliged to serve me. God foresaw that if the Israelites had fought against the Midianites, even only with ten thousand men, they would have attributed victory to their own strength and courage; they were therefore reduced to three hundred only, that there might not be the least room left... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 7:3
Whosoever is fearful and afraid , let him return - from Mount Gilead - Gideon was certainly not at Mount Gilead at this time, but rather near Mount Gilboa. Gilead was on the other side of Jordan. Calmet thinks there must either have been two Gileads, which does not from the Scripture appear to be the case, or that the Hebrew text is here corrupted, and that for Gilead we should read Gilboa. This reading, though adopted by Houbigant, is not countenanced by any MS., nor by... read more