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Judges 7:25

Judges 7:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

two princes: ;

rock: ;

Oreb: Eusebius and Jerome speak of a small place called Araba, three miles west from Scythopolis, which is supposed by some to have had its name from Oreb.

and brought: Among ancient nations, the head of the conquered chief was usually brought to the conqueror. Thus Pompey's head was brought to Cesar, Cicero's head to Mark Anthony, and the heads of Ahab's children to Jehu. These barbarities are seldom practised now, except among the Mahommedans, or the savages of Africa and America; and for the credit of human nature, it is to be wished that such atrocities had never been committed.

on the other side: The words maiaiver lyyarden:, may denote at the passage of Jordan, or from beyond Jordan. Gideon does not appear to have yet passed the Jordan.

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