Judges 7:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. ”

Judges 7:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beth-shittah - - “House of the acacias,” the same trees which gave their name to “Shittim” Numbers 33:49 in the plains of Maab, and which grew plentifully also, in the peninsula of Sinai Exod...
Judges 7:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his (l) fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, [and] to the border of...
Judges 7:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Night Alarm and Rout. Gideon's stratagem consisted in the division of his small force into three companies, who charged the enemy from three sides at once, making an uproar and producing a pani...
Judges 7:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 267 GIDEON’S VICTORY OVER MIDIAN Judges 7:19-22 . So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they h...
Judges 7:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel...
Judges 7:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of th...
Judges 7:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rout of Midian 1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers.
Judges 7:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Blew the trumpets. — They continued to blow incessantly, to add to the panic. The Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow. — We have an exact parallel to this in the mutual slaughter of th...
Judges 7:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY" Judges 6:33-40 ; Judges 7:1-7 ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summi...
Judges 7:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Sword of Jehovah and of Gideon Judges 7:9-23 Gideon asked for the sign of the fleece, but God, without his asking, gave him that of the barley-cake. It was only barley-bread, the cheape...
Judges 7:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the story of perhaps one of the most remarkable conflicts in the whole history of the people. As we have seen, it was a time when they had been cruelly oppressed as the result of disobedience...
Judges 7:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader should particularly remark the expression, The Lord set every man ' s sword against his fellow. The terrors of the mind make the wicked flee, when no man pursueth. And thus the Lord's prom...
Judges 7:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the three hundred men blew the trumpets ,.... Kept blowing them to continue and increase the terror of the enemy, and still held the lamps in their hands, and stood as torch bearers to light the...
Judges 7:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, [and] to the border of Abel...
Judges 7:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They stood As if they had been torch-bearers to the several companies. Every man's sword against his fellow They slew one another, because they suspected treachery, and so fell upon those they fi...
Judges 7:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISRAEL'S ARMY REDUCED BY GOD (vv. 1-9) Gideon's influence had gathered 32,000 men, and they encamped south of the encampment of the Midianites, prepared for battle (v. 1).Compared to Midian, thi...
Judges 7:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Midianites Surprised. B. C. 1249. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into thr...
Judges 7:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They slew one another, either because they suspected treachery, and so fell upon those they first met with; which they might more easily do, because they consisted of several nations, as may be gathe...
Judges 7:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS .— Judges 7:15-25 I. The Hand of the Lord visible in this deliverance. It is quite manifest that the overruling Providence of God was at work in all this to bring out the resu...
Judges 7:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were...
Judges 7:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 7:1 . The well of Harod; equivalent to terror, from the panic of the Midianites. It is situate on the south side of Gilboa. Judges 7:2 . The people with thee are too many, while human f...
Judges 7:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Arise, for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. Divine Providence overruling the result I. The hand of the Lord visible in this deliverance. 1. In the general effect pr...
Judges 7:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 7:9 Get thee down , etc; i.e . attack the camp at once with thy 300 men. But if thou art afraid to do so, go down first alone with Phurah thy servant, and hear what they...
Judges 7:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat of the Midianites
Judges 7:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:16 ; 1 Kings 4:12 ; 1 Samuel 14:16-20 ; 2 Chronicles 20:23 ; 2 Corinthians 4:7 ; Isaiah 19:2 ; Isaiah 9:4 ; Joshua 6:16 ; Joshua 6:20 ; Joshua 6:4 ; Psalms 83:9
Judges 7:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon Judges 7:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are coming to our second study concerning Gideon. We are sure that many things of value will be found in this remarkable...
Judges 7:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Against his fellow — They slew one another, because they suspected treachery, and so fell upon those they first met with; which they might more easily do, because they consisted of several nations,...

Judges 7:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 7:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 7:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 7:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 7:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 7:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 7:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 7:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 7:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 7:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 7:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 7:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 7:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 7:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 7:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 7:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 7:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 7:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 7:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 7:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 7:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 7:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 7:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 7:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 7:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 7:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 7:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes