Discovery BoxJudges 7:1-2 
ContextGideon Reduces the Ranks
7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men 1 got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. 2 The Midianites 3 were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley. 7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. 4 Israel might brag, 5 ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’ 6
1 tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”
2 sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”
3 tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).
4 tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”
5 tn Heb “might glorify itself against me.”
6 tn Heb “my hand has delivered me.”
