Judges 7:22 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 7:22

And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

BSB

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ASV

And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man’s sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

KJV

And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Fled to Beth-shittah - This is no where else mentioned in Scripture. Zererath - This and Tabbath are nowhere else to be found. Abel-meholah - This was the birth-place of the prophet Elisha, 1Ki 19:16. It was beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Manasseh, 1Ki 4:12. The Zartanah, mentioned in this last quoted verse, was probably the same as Zererath. Its situation corresponds well with Abel-meholah.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮	vai.yit.ke.'U	and they gave a blast	H8628 →
שְׁלֹשׁ־	she.losh-	[the] three	H7969 →
מֵא֣וֹת	me.'ot	<the> hundred<s>	H3967 →
הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת֒	ha.sho.fa.rOt	the trumpets	H7782 →
וַיָּ֣שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he set	H7760 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֵ֣ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
חֶ֥רֶב	Che.rev	[the] sword of	H2719 →
אִ֛ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ	be.re.'E.hu	on neighbor his	H7453 →
וּבְכָל־	u.ve.Khol-	and on all	H3605 →
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה	ha.ma.cha.Neh	the army	H4264 →
וַיָּ֨נָס	vai.Ya.nos	and it fled	H5127 →
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה	ha.ma.cha.Neh	the army	H4264 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
בֵּ֤ית	beit	Beth	H1029 →
הַשִּׁטָּה֙	ha.shi.Tah	<of the> Shittah	H1029 →
צְֽרֵרָ֔תָה	tze.re.Ra.tah	towards Zererah	H6888 →
עַ֛ד	'ad	to	H5704 →
שְׂפַת־	se.fat-	[the] border of	H8193 →
אָבֵ֥ל	'a.Vel	Abel	H65 →
מְחוֹלָ֖ה	me.cho.Lah	Meholah	H65 →
עַל־	'al-	at	H5921 →
טַבָּֽת׃	ta.Bat	Tabbath	H2888 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 6:4
Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
leads to
- Revelation 16:1
  Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:17
  You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out…
- Revelation 8:2
  And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
- 1 Kings 18:43
  “Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
Through
2 Chronicles 20:23
The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 14:20
  Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
Through
1 Kings 4:12
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
leads to
- Joshua 17:11
  Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
Through
Joshua 6:16
After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:15
  and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
Through
1 Kings 19:16
You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
leads to
- 1 Kings 19:19–21
  So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.