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Selected Verse: Judges 7:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 7:8 |
King James |
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley--Attention to the relative position of the parties is of the greatest importance to an understanding of what follows. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The sense is, "And they (the three hundred) took the victuals and trumpets of the people (all the people of Jdg 7:7) into their hands." so that each of the three hundred should have a trumpet and a pitcher. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Their trumpets - That is the trumpets belonging to the whole army, which he retained for the use following. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| So the people took victuals - The three hundred men that he reserved took the victuals necessary for the day's expenditure, while the others were dismissed to their tents and their houses as they thought proper. |
7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.