Hebrews 11:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And what shall I more say On this copious, this inexhaustible subject? For the time would fail me If I should attempt to discourse at large; of Gideon Who with a small band of men cut off so many thousands of the Midianites; and Barak Who, through faith in the prophecy of Deborah, freed Israel from the oppression of Jabin, and routed Sisera his general; and Samson Who, through faith in the power of God, slew so many thousands of the Philistines with the jaw-bone of an ass, and performed many other astonishing achievements; and of Jephthae Who, through believing God's promise to Abraham, that his posterity should possess the land of Canaan, (see Judges 11:24,) and through obeying the divine impulse, which moved him to fight against the Ammonites, obtained a great victory over these enemies of God's people. Of David also Whose faith was manifested, as in his many other heroic acts, so especially in his combat with Goliath: and even of Samuel Who, though a prophet and a judge, yet led on the armies of the Lord on a remarkable occasion, to an illustrious victory: and of the prophets After Samuel, the prophets are properly mentioned: David also was a prophet, but he was a king too. By the prophets he especially intended Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, &c., including likewise the believers who lived in their days.