Judges 7:8
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
So the people took victuals in their hands and their trumpets,.... That is, the three hundred took victuals of those…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The sense is, “And they (the three hundred) took the victuals and trumpets of the people (all the people of Jdg 7:7)…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 7:1-8
Here, I. Gideon applies himself with all possible care and industry to do the part of a good general, in leading on the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
So the people took victuals in their hand Not a strict transl. of the original, which must mean So they took the…
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