And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
Here is, I. The alarm which Gideon gave to the hosts of Midian in the dead time of the night; for it was intended that those who had so long been a terror to Israel, and had so often frightened them, should themselves be routed and ruined purely by terror. 1.
Commenting on Judges 7:16-22
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies,.... One hundred in a company, partly to make the better figure, a show of an army, with a right and left wing, and partly that they might fall upon the camp of Midian in different parts: and he put a trumpet in every man's hand; they that returned of the trumpeters having left their trumpets...
HIS STRATAGEM AGAINST MIDIAN. (Jdg 7:16-24) he divided the three hundred men into three companies--The object of dividing his forces was, that they might seem to be surrounding the enemy. The pitchers were empty to conceal the torches, and made of earthenware, so as to be easily broken; and the sudden blaze of the held-up lights--the loud echo of the trumpets, and the shouts of...
Commenting on Judges 7:16-24