Hebrews 11:34

Hebrews 11:34. Out of weakness were made strong,— Weakness is a general word, which implies sickness and ill habit of body, or want of power and strength to resist a superior force. If the former of these be intended, Hezekiah may be the person particularly in view. If it signifies, as it naturally may, an inability to resist enemies, through a smallness of power, (as when a few have been attacked by much superior numbers, or small armies have engaged and been enabled to overcome greater forces,) we have instances in Joshua 11:0; Judges 4:7. The last expression is not a very usual one:—turned to flight the encampments of strangers: the meaning is, "They have attacked armies encamped, and have put them to flight." Probably the allusion is to Jonathan's attacking the Philistines' garrison, 1Sa 14:13-15 and to Gideon's attacking the camp of the Midianites, Judges 7:19. See also 2 Samuel 5:9-25.