And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun [was up],
Ver. 13. Before the sun was up.] Still he set upon them in the night, because of the weakness of his army, which by night appeared not. Julius Caesar, indeed, held the night unfit for battle, Lucem enim pudorem oculis militum afferre. But I cannot think with Vatablus and others, that this war here was begun and ended in one night. a
a Hoc bellum una nocte fuit incaeptum et confectum: quod refertur ad laudem Dei. - Vat.