Gideon’s Valiant Three Hundred

Then (A)Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

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Gideon Defeats the Midianites

Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal(A) (that is, Gideon(B)) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod.(C) The camp of Midian(D) was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.(E)

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11 And the Lord sent [a]Jerubbaal, [b]Bedan, (A)Jephthah, and (B)Samuel,[c] and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you dwelt in safety.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:11 Gideon, cf. Judg. 6:25–32; Syr. Deborah; Tg. Gideon
  2. 1 Samuel 12:11 LXX, Syr. Barak; Tg. Simson
  3. 1 Samuel 12:11 Syr. Simson

11 Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,[a](A) Barak,[b](B) Jephthah(C) and Samuel,[c](D) and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:11 Also called Gideon
  2. 1 Samuel 12:11 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew Bedan
  3. 1 Samuel 12:11 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac Samson

21 Who struck (A)Abimelech the son of [a]Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall?’—then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 11:21 Jerubbaal (Gideon), Judg. 6:32ff.

21 Who killed Abimelek(A) son of Jerub-Besheth[a]? Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the wall,(B) so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then say to him, ‘Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 11:21 Also known as Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon)