Judges 7:24
“And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim,.... To raise the inhabitants of it, who lay nearer Jordan, to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The waters - The streams which run from the mountain district of Ephraim into the Jordan in the district of Beth-shan,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 7:23-25
We have here the prosecution of this glorious victory. 1. Gideon's soldiers that had been dismissed, and perhaps had…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Gideon sends a message (cf. Jdg 6:35) to the Ephraimites in the country S. of the battlefield, urging them to seize the…
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