Judges 7 · Geneva Bible Notes (1560) · Commentaries (Good Books Free)

¹ ^/ Ebr. Hammoreb.

¹ ^/ Ebr. En-Harod.

² ^! The Lord commandeth Gideon to send a way parte of his companie.

² ^a God wil not that anie creature depriue him of his glorie.

⁴ ^b I wil giue thee a proof to knowe them that shal go with thee.

⁵ ^c Let them departe, as vnmete for this enterprise.

⁷ ^d That is, the one and thirtie thousand and 700.

⁸ ^/ Ebr. in their hands.

⁸ ^/ Or, incouraged.

⁹ ^e Thus the Lord by diuers meanes doeth strengthen him that he faint not in so great an enterprise.

¹³ ^f Some read, a trembling noise of barley bread: meaning that one of no reputacion. shulde make their great armie to tremble.

¹⁵ ^g Or, gaue God thankes, as it is in the Chade text.

¹⁶ ^/ Or, fire brands.

¹⁶ ^h These weake meanes God vsed, to signifie that the whole victorie came of him.

¹⁸ ⁱ That is, the victorie shalbe the Lords and Gideons his seruant.

²⁰ ^k Shal destroy the enemies.

²¹ ^/ Or, broke their array.

²² ^! The Midianites are discomfitted by a wonderous sort.

²² ^l The Lord caused the Midianites to kil one another.

²⁴ ^m Meaning the passages or the foords, that they shulde not escape.

²⁵ ^! Oreb and Zeeb are slaine.

²⁵ ⁿ These places had their names of the actes that were done there.

Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Judges 7