11And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
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Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. …
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. …
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)Gideon’s army being diminished as we have found it was, he must either fight by faith or not at all; God therefore here provides recruits for his faith, instead of recruits for his forces. I. He furnishes him with a good foundation to build his faith upon. Nothing but a word from God will be a footing for faith. He has this as full and express as he can desire, Jdg. 7:9. 1. A word of command to wa…
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