Judges 8:13 KJV — MannaFest

Judges 8:13

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

KJV

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ASV

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

WEB

After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.

YLT

And Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,

DBT

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, from the ascent of Heres.

About this book

Old Testament

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Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Gideon returned from battle before the sun was up--He seems to have returned by a nearer route to Succoth, for what is rendered in our version "before the sun was up," means "the heights of Heres, the sun-hills."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Are the hands, &c. - Art thou so foolish, to think with thy three hundred faint and weary soldiers, to conquer and destroy an host of fifteen thousand Men? Thus the bowels of their compassion were shut up against their brethren. Surely they were worshippers of Baal, or in the interest of Midian.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

Before the sun was up - By which it might be gathered, that he came upon them in the night, which was most convenient for him who had so small a number with him; and most likely to terrify them by the remembrance of the last Night's sad work.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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