And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
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Interpretation
This method of defeating the Midianites may be alluded to, as exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world, by the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the sounding that trumpet, and the holding forth that light out of earthen vessels, for such are the ministers of the gospel, 2Co 4:6,.
Glossary
- Abel-meholah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Abu Sus.
- Beth-shittah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Salwim.
- Tabbath Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Ras Abu Tabat.
- Zererah Place
- ( Judg. 7:22 ), perhaps identical with Zereda or Zeredathah. Some identify it with Zahrah, a place about 3 miles west of Beth-shean. Modern identification: Tell es Sa’idiyeh.