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**chide.** This was the beginning of the strife which ended in the division of the kingdom ([1 Kings 12](../../../kjv/1-kings/12) ).

**What . . . ? Is not. . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .

**God** = Elohim delivered His creatures; not Jehovah the Covenant-God. App-4 .
**anger.** Hebrew. *ruach,* spirit ( App-9 ). Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause) for the angry manifestations of it.

**men** = folk. Hebrew. *'enosh.* App-14 .

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.*

**hosts** = camps.
**children.** Hebrew sons.

**host** = camp.

**Are . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .

**a** = the.

**ornaments** = crescent-shaped ornaments used still on necks of horses and camels.

**earrings.** Hebrew. *Nezem,* Any ring worn in ear or nose = a nose ring in [Genesis 24:47](../../../kjv/genesis/24/47) . [Proverbs 11:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/22) .[Isaiah 3:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/21) .[Ezekiel 16:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/12) ; and "earring" in [Genesis 35:4](../../../kjv/genesis/35/4) and [Exodus 32:2](../../../kjv/exodus/32/2) . Other passages doubtful ([Judges 8:25](../../../kjv/judges/8/25) .[Job 42:11](../../../kjv/job/42/11) .[Proverbs 25:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/25/12) .[Hosea 2:13](../../../kjv/hosea/2/13); [Hosea 2:13](../../../kjv/hosea/2/13) ).
**because.** This parenthetical remark solves the difficulty of [Genesis 37:25](../../../kjv/genesis/37/25) , [Genesis 37:28](../../../kjv/genesis/37/28) , [Genesis 37:36](../../../kjv/genesis/37/36) , and [Genesis 39:1](../../../kjv/genesis/39/1) . Ishmael and Midian were halfbrothers, sons of Abraham by Hagar and Keturah ([Genesis 16:11](../../../kjv/genesis/16/11) , [Genesis 16:12](../../../kjv/genesis/16/12) ; [Genesis 25:1](../../../kjv/genesis/25/1) , [Genesis 25:2](../../../kjv/genesis/25/2) ), All Midianites were Ishmaelites, but all Ishmaelites were not Midianites.

**ephod.** Probably the priests were lax in restoring the worship of the true God. So that Gideon would have meant well and desired to judge well. Compare [Judges 17:5](../../../kjv/judges/17/5) , where Micah made another. The reason given being that "there was no king, and every man did what was right in his own eyes", [Judges 17:6](../../../kjv/judges/17/6) ; and [Judges 18:5](../../../kjv/judges/18/5) , where it was used to "ask counsel"; and for the same reason, [Judges 18:1](../../../kjv/judges/18/1) .

**children** = sons.
**lifted up their heads no more** = made no more attempts to vex.
**was in quietness.** See note on [Judges 3:11](../../../kjv/judges/3/11) .

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