Judges 7:1

Judges 7:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
• New International Version (NIV)Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Context of Judges 7:1

Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him, rose up early and camped beside En-harod, while the camp of Midian was north of them, by Gibeath-moreh, in the valley. 2But Adonai said to Gideon, “Too many are the people who are with you, for Me to give the Midianites into their hand. Otherwise Israel would glorify itself against Me saying, ‘My own hand has delivered me.’ 3So now, make proclamation in the ears of the people saying, ‘Whoever is afraid or anxious may turn back and leave from Mount Gilead.’” So 22,000 people turned back, while ten thousand remained.

Judges 7:1 word by word

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם יְרֻבַּ֜עַל ה֣וּא גִדְע֗וֹן וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ עַל־עֵ֣ין חֲרֹ֑ד וּמַחֲנֵ֤ה מִדְיָן֙ הָיָה־ל֣וֹ מִצָּפ֔וֹן מִגִּבְעַ֥ת הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה בָּעֵֽמֶק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּ֫עַלyerûbba‛al · JerubbaalH3378
• Gideonגִּדְעוֹןgid‛ôn · GideonH1439
• and all the peopleעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
• with him, rose up earlyשָׁכַםshâkam · to riseH7925
• and pitchedחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• beside the well of Harodעֵין חֲרֹד‛êyn chărôd · HarodH5878
• so that the hostמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• of the Midianitesמִדְיָןmidyân · MidianH4080
• were on the north sideצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• of them, by the hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• of Morehמוֹרֶהmôreh môreh · MorehH4176
• in the valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010

Cross-references for Judges 7:1

• Judges 6:32So on that day he was called Jerubbaal saying, “Let Baal contend with him, since he broke down his altar.”
• Genesis 22:3So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split wood for the burnt offering, and got up and went to the place about which God had told him.
• Joshua 3:1Then Joshua rose up early in the morning, and he and all Bnei-Yisrael set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan. They lodged there before crossing over.
• Joshua 6:12The next day Joshua rose early in the morning. The kohanim took up the ark of Adonai,
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.
• Genesis 12:6Abram passed through the land as far as the place of Shechem, as far as Moreh’s big tree. (The Canaanites were in the land then.)

Commentaries on Judges 7:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon - It appears that Jerubbaal was now a surname of Gideon, from the circumstance mentioned Judges 6:32. See Judges 8:35. The well of Harod - If this was a town or village, it is nowhere else mentioned. Probably, as חרד charad signifies to shake or tremble through fear, the fountain in question may have had its name from the terror and panic with which the Midianitish host was seized at this place.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The well of Harod - i. e. of trembling, evidently so called from the people who were afraid Judges 7:3. It is identified with great probability with Ain Jalud, a spacious pool at the foot of Gilboa; (by Conder, with Ain el Jem‘ain (the spring of the two troops)). Moreh was, probably, the little Hermon, the Jebel ed-Duhy of the Arabs, which encloses the plain two or three miles north of Gilboa, which shuts it in on the south.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Gideon's army reduced. (1-8) Gideon is encouraged. (9-15) The defeat of the Midianites. (16-22) The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb. (23-25) Verses 1-8 God provides that the praise of victory may be wholly to himself, by appointing only three hundred men to be employed. Activity and prudence go with dependence upon God for help in our lawful undertakings. When the Lord sees that men would overlook him, and through unbelief, would shrink from perilous…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The spring of Harod and the hill of Moreh were east of the town of Jezreel. They protected the pass linking the valley of Jezreel to the Jordan River crossings near Beth-shan. Gideon's army was on the north slope of Mount Gilboa. The Midianite forces were in the valley below, with the hill behind them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81. Jerubbaal--This had now become Gideon's honorable surname, "the enemy of Baal." well--rather "spring of Harod," that is, "fear, trembling"; probably the same as the fountain in Jezreel (1Sa 29:1). It was situated not far from Gilboa, on the confines of Manasseh, and the name "Harod" was bestowed on it with evident reference to the panic which seized the majority of Gideon's troops. The host of the Midianites were on the northern side of the valley…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 7:1

• Harod
• Miracles
• Moreh

In the dictionaries

• Gideon
• Camp
• Dream
• Esdraelon
• Harod
• Jerubbaal
• Jezreel, Fountain of
• Lap
• Midianite
• Moreh, the Hill of

Commentaries on Judges 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings