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Judges 7

Judges 7:22

Gideon Defeats Midian · Judges 7:15–25
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Translations

Modern
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
Traditional
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 Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.
Literal
And the three hundred blew the shofars, and YHWH set the sword of every man against his companion and against all the camp, and the camp fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah by Tabbath.
Latin
…et nihilominus insistebant trecenti viri buccinis personantes. Immisitque Dominus gladium omnibus castris, et mutua se cæde truncabant,

Original

Hebrew
English
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

Notes

Judges 7:22

The fugitives ran southeast, past Beth-shan, toward the Jordan River crossings, seeking safer and friendlier places.

Judges 6:1–8:35

Gideon's time as a judge ends the first era of judges.

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon God as Holy Warrior

Events

Places

Abel-meholah: A town in Israel, home of Elisha Beth-shittah: Beth-shittah, place near where Midianites fled from Gideon Tabbath: Place near where Midianites fled from Gideon Zarethan: A place near the Jordan River associated with Israel's crossing

Glossary

Abel-meholah Amalek, Amalekites Armageddon Beth-Shittah Gilead (Place) Judges, Book of Midian, Midianite Tabbath Zebah and Zalmunna Zererah

Topics

Abel-Meholah: A City Near the Jordan Armies: March in Ranks: Night Attacks Armies: Often Destroyed by Themselves Through Divine Intervention Beth-Shittah: A Place Near the Jordan River Courage: Gideon, in Attacking the Confederate Armies of the Midianites and Amalekites with Three Hundred Men Midianites: Miraculously Defeated and Destroyed by Gideon Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God: Gideon: Midianites Destroyed Miracles: Catalogue of The Midianites Destroyed Panic: from God Strategy in War Tabbath: A Place of Uncertain Location The Amalekites: Overcome by Gideon The Jews: Often Distinguished in War The Sword was Used by Heathen Nations Trumpet by Gideon's Soldiers Trumpet: Miracles Connected With: Confusion Produced in the Camp of the Midianites by Sound Unholy Fear: Midianites Valleys: Often the Scenes of Great Contests Zererath: A District of Uncertain Location