Discovery BoxJudges 7:1 
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.
Judges 7:8
Context7:8 The men 4 who were chosen 5 took supplies 6 and their trumpets. Gideon 7 sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; 8 he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites 9 were camped down below 10 in the valley.
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.”
5 tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “tents.”
9 tn Heb “Midian.”
10 tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).
