Judges 7:1-2

Context

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men¹ got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod.² The Midianites³ were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley. 7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you.⁴ Israel might brag,⁵ ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’⁶

[7:1] ¹tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1] ²sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1] ³tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[7:2] ⁴tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”

[7:2] ⁵tn Heb “might glorify itself against me.”

[7:2] ⁶tn Heb “my hand has delivered me.”