Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Fountain. The same also called Areth, as the copies of the Septuagint and of S. Jerom vary. Bonf.—Harad, or “of trouble,” either because the Madianites were filled with terror at the approach of Gedeon, or because so many of his soldiers returned home through fear. Menochius.—Perhaps it may be the same which is called the fountain of Jezrael, near which Saul encamped, 1 Kennicott. 29:1. Calmet.—Adrichomius places it on the south of Gelboe, which is called the high hill. Menochius.—Hebrew “on the north side of them, by the hill of More, in the vale.” Bible.—Jezrael was between Gelboe to the south, and Hermon to the north. Calmet.