Judges 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ¹  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ²  The Midianites ³  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ⁴  who were chosen ⁵  took supplies ⁶  and their trumpets. Gideon ⁷  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ⁸  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ⁹  were camped down below ¹⁰  in the valley.

Judges 18:28

18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city ¹¹  was far from Sidon ¹²  and they had no dealings with anyone. ¹³  The city ¹⁴  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ¹⁵  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

¹ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

² sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

³ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

⁴ tn Heb “The people.”

⁵ tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “tents.”

⁹ tn Heb “Midian.”

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).

⁷ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

⁸ map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁹ tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

¹¹ tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.