Judges 7:9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 7:9-15

Gideon's army being diminished as we have found it was, he must either fight by faith or not at all; God therefore here provides recruits for his faith, instead of recruits for his forces. I. He furnishes him with a good foundation to build his faith upon. Nothing but a word from God will be a footing for faith. He has this as full and express as he can desire, Jdg. 7:9. 1. A word of command to warrant the action, which otherwise seemed rash and indiscreet, and unbecoming a wise general:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 7:9

And it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him ,.... The night after there had been so great a reduction of his army, from 32,000 to three hundred: arise, get thee down unto the host, for I have delivered it into thine hands ; that is, go down from the hill where he and his little army were, to the valley of Jezreel, where lay the numerous host of Midian; assuring him, that though the disproportion was so very great, the army of Midian should be delivered into his hands;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 7:9

I have delivered it into thine hand - I have determined to do it, and it is as sure as if it were done. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 7:9-11

Judges 7:9-11. The same night After he had dismissed all but the three hundred; the Lord said In a dream or vision of the night; But if thou fear to go down Namely, with thy three hundred men, to attack the Midianites. Afterward shall thy hand be strengthened Thou wilt be encouraged to proceed, notwithstanding the smallness of thy number. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 7:1-25

Deliverance under Gideon (7:1-8:35)God allowed Gideon only three hundred men to launch the attack against the Midianites, so that Israel might know that victory was not by military power but by God’s power (7:1-8). A Midianite soldier’s dream showed that an unnatural fear had come upon the Midianites. When he dreamt that a poor man’s loaf of barley overthrew a rich man’s tent, he thought that poverty-stricken Israel would overthrow Midian’s army. The Midianites could, in fact, have wiped out... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 7:9

GIDEON IN THE CAMP OF MIDIAN"And it came to pass that same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand. But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp: and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp. And the Midianites, and the Amalekites... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 7:9

9, 10. Arise, get thee down unto the host . . . But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant—In ancient times it was reckoned no degradation for persons of the highest rank and character to act as spies on an enemy's camp; and so Gideon did on this occasion. But the secret errand was directed by God, who intended that he should hear something which might animate his own valor and that of his troops. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 7:9-11

God’s command to visit the Midianites’ camp 7:9-11God then commanded Gideon to prepare for battle that very night (Judges 7:9). He offered the judge a further sign that He would be victorious, and Gideon immediately seized it. God did not rebuke Gideon’s normal fear of going into battle against such overwhelming odds. Instead He strengthened his faith."Gideon is no fearless all-pro linebacker, no General Patton and John Wayne rolled into one huge ball of true grit."We sometimes dupe ourselves... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 7:1-25

The Rout of Midian1-7. Gideon’s choice of his Followers.1. The sites here mentioned are doubtful. Moreh] said to be near Shechem (Genesis 12:6; Deuteronomy 11:30). After the battle Gideon crosses the Jordan by the fords one would take if travelling from Shechem eastwards. 3. Gilead] is E. of the Jordan: some other locality must be meant. For the return of the timid, cp. Deuteronomy 20:8.5. Probably an arbitrary test. It is as easy to find abstract reasons for choosing those who stooped down as... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 7:9

(9) I have delivered it into thine hand.—Comp. Judges 4:14. read more

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