And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:
Ver. 25. And it came to pass the same night.] The night wherein the Lord had so comforted him, Jdg 6:23 and whilst "his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord." 2Ch 17:6
Throw down the altar of Baal.] He must first reform before he went against the Midianites, or else no good success could be expected. Musselburgh field was won by the English in Edward VI's time, the selfsame day and hour wherein the idolatrous images were burnt at London by authority of Parliament. a
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