And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
Ver. 11. And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents.] The Arabian Nomades or Scenites, who dwelt not in houses or cities, but in movable tents, feeding their cattle, Jer 49:29 taking up wheresoever night took them. So the Hamaxobii among the Scythians. They had their scouts abroad, doubtless; but he fetched a compass about and came upon the east side, where they never feared any enemy.
For the host was secure.] Security ushereth in destruction; as it did at Tyre, at Babylon, those Amalakites in 1 Samuel 30:16,17, the Pompeians at the Pharsalian field, a the French at the battle of Agincourt, b &c.
a Caes. Comment.
b Speed's Chron.