Jud 7:1-8. GIDEON'S ARMY.
1. 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, seemingly deeper
down in the descent towards the Jordan, near a little eminence.
JFB.
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