Judges 7:1

Jerub-baal (Gideon) and those who were with him got up early and went and camped by the Harod spring. The Midianite camp was to the north in the valley near the Moreh hill.

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In The King James Version

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

In Context

2The Lord told Gideon, “There are too many soldiers with you for me to hand over the Midianites to them, otherwise Israel will brag to me, saying, ‘I saved myself by my own strength.’

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Cross References

Genesis 22:3Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled up his donkey. He took two servants and Isaac with him and went to cut firewood for the burnt offering. Then he left with them to go to the place God had told him about.

Joshua 3:1Early the following morning Joshua and the Israelites set out from Shittim and arrived at the banks of the Jordan. There they all spent the night before crossing over.

Judges 6:32That day Gideon was called Jerub-baal, which means “Let Baal fight with him,” because he had torn down his altar.

1 Samuel 29:1The Philistines gathered all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites set up camp by the spring in Jezreel.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you do, do it with all your strength, for when you go to the grave there's no more working or thinking, no more knowing or being wise.

Matthew Henry on Judges 7:1

This chapter presents us with Gideon in the field, commanding the army of Israel, and routing the army of the Midianites, for which great exploit we found in the former chapter how he was prepared by his converse with God and his conquest of Baal. We are here told, I. What direction God gave to Gideon for the modelling of his army, by which it was reduced to 300 men, ver. 1 , 8 . II. What encouragement God gave to Gideon to attack the enemy, by sending him secretly into their camp to hear a Midianite tell his… Read the whole commentary →

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