士師記 7:4 JC

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Judges 7:1-8

Judges ‘FIT, THOUGH FEW’ Jdg_7:1 - Jdg_7:8 . Gideon is the noblest of the judges. Courage, constancy, and caution are strongly marked in his character. The youngest son of an obscure family in a small tribe, he humbly shrinks from the task imposed on him,-not from cowardice or indolence, but from conscious weakness. Men who are worthy to do such work as his are never forward to begin it, nor backward in it when they are sure that it is God’s will. He began his war against Midian by warring... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 7:1-8

Quantity versus Quality Judges 7:1-8 “No king is saved by the multitude of an host,” Psalms 33:16 . God does not need multitudes. It is false to say that He is “on the side of the heaviest battalions.” Read 2 Chronicles 14:1-15 ; 2 Chronicles 23:1-21 . Those that are fearful and trembling, because they look at the might of their enemies rather than to the eternal God, had better depart to their homes; they are an impediment and hindrance, and may, by an evil telepathy, slacken the faith... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 7:1-25

This is the story of perhaps one of the most remarkable conflicts in the whole history of the people. As we have seen, it was a time when they had been cruelly oppressed as the result of disobedience. It was of the utmost importance that their deliverance should be evidently by divine action. Nothing would have been more disastrous at that time than for them to have imagined that they were able to extricate themselves from the circumstances in the midst of which they were suffering. ... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Judges 7:1-25

Gideon, a Hero of the Faith Judges 7:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Hebrews eleven classes Gideon with the heroes of the faith. This may well have been done. We need to remember, however, that Gideon lived in a day when faith was at low tide; he faced a condition of gloom, and almost of despair among his contemporaries. In addition, Gideon was, by nature, a good deal of a coward. He had been threshing down in a valley, for fear of the Midianites. He possessed no signal sign of faith, when God first... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 7:4

‘And Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Bring them down to the water, and I will try (‘separate by refining’) them for you there. And it shall be, that of whom I say to you, this shall go with you, the same shall go with you, and of whoever I say to you, this shall not go with you, the same will not go.” ’ Gideon was told to take them all down to the water’s edge, where Yahweh would separate those who were to go in the first phase from those who were not to go. Notice that... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 7:1-8

Judges 7:1-Ruth : . The Reduction of Gideon’ s Army.— This section teaches that Yahweh is the giver of victory, and that it is as easy for Him to save by few as by many ( 1 Samuel 14:6). The spring of Harod (“ trembling,” cf. Judges 7:3) may be ‘ Ain Jâ lû d, 2 m. from Jezreel, at the foot of Gilboa (p. 30). The hill of Moreh may be Little Hermon. Gilead ( Judges 7:3) is on the eastern side of the Jordan, and we should probably read Gilboa. Judges 7:3 . The number of those who, in modern... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 7:4

Unto the water; either that which ran from the well of Harod, mentioned Judges 7:1, or some other brook. I will try them for thee; because thy proclamation hath not sufficiently tried them; for many who are fearful indeed will put on the face, and desire the opinion of being valiant persons; I will take another course. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 7:1-14

THE ARMY OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCEI. The Diminution of its NumbersJudges 7:1-8CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 7:1. Then Jerubbaal.] The name is given as the challenger of Baal, the man who, for the honour of God, was not afraid to enter the lists with Baal. This name was putting a mark of honour on Gideon, the same as if a star were put on his breast.Rose up early and pitched beside the well of Harod.] The first flush of enthusiasm was still upon them, and they did not hesitate at once to approach the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Judges 7:1-25

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were robbing all around; he had the patriot's wide sympathy. (2) He was a man also of the strongest common sense, accustomed to look through words to things, and to look the facts of life fair in the face. (3) He was a man of abundant personal valour, but yet unwilling to move a step until he was sure... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 7:1-25

Chapter 7So in chapter seven,[when] Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and they pitched beside the well of Harod ( Judges 7:1 ):Now the well of Harod is still there today. It is at the base of Mount Gilboa or in the range of Gilboa, actually Gilead is all a part of that range and there at the base is this beautiful little spring with water that comes flowing forth. There's a kibbutz there now and the people at the kibbutz had made a neat big swimming... read more