Discovery BoxJudges 6:16 
Context6:16 The Lord said to him, “Ah, but 1 I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.” 2
Judges 7:21
Context7:21 They stood in order 3 all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. 4
Judges 8:11
Context8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads 5 east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. 6
1 tn Or “certainly.”
2 tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”
3 tn Heb “each in his place.”
4 tn Or “fled.”
5 tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”
6 tn Heb “and attacked the army, while the army was secure.” The Hebrew term בֶטַח (vetakh, “secure”) probably means the army was undefended (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 156), not suspecting an attack at that time and place.
