Teks -- Judges 7:22 (NET)

7:22 When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Jdg 7:22 - Against his fellow

They slew one another, because they suspected treachery, and so fell upon those they first met with; which they might more easily do, because they consisted of several nations, because the darkness of the night made them unable to distinguish friends from foes, because the suddenness of the thing struck them with horror and amazement; and because God had infatuated them, as he had done many others.

JFB: Jdg 7:16-22 - 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 Israel, always terrifying (Num 23:21), and now more terrible than ever by the use of such striking words, broke through the stillness of the midnight air. The sleepers started from their rest; not a blow was dealt by the Israelites; but the enemy ran tumultuously, uttering the wild, discordant cries peculiar to the Arab race. They fought indiscriminately, not knowing friend from foe. The panic being universal, they soon precipitately fled, directing their flight down to the Jordan, by the foot of the mountains of Ephraim, to places known as the "house of the acacia" [Beth-shittah], and "the meadow of the dance" [Abel-meholah].

Clarke: Jdg 7:22 - Fled to Beth-shittah

Fled to Beth-shittah - This is no where else mentioned in Scripture

Clarke: Jdg 7:22 - Zererath

Zererath - This and Tabbath are nowhere else to be found

Clarke: Jdg 7:22 - Abel-meholah

Abel-meholah - This was the birth-place of the prophet Elisha, 1Ki 19:16. It was beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Manasseh, 1Ki 4:12. The Zartanah, mentioned in this last quoted verse, was probably the same as Zererath. Its situation corresponds well with Abel-meholah.

TSK: Jdg 7:22 - blew // the Lord // in // Zererath // border // Abelmeholah // Tabbath

blew : Jos 6:4, Jos 6:16, Jos 6:20; 2Co 4:7

the Lord : 1Sa 14:16-20; 2Ch 20:23; Psa 83:9; Isa 9:4, Isa 19:2

in : or, toward

Zererath : Probably the same as Zartanah. 1Ki 4:12

border : Heb. lip

Abelmeholah : Situated, according to Eusebius 16 miles south from Scythopolis, or Bethshan. 1Ki 4:12, 1Ki 19:16

Tabbath : Probably the town of Οηβης , mentioned by Eusebius, 13 miles from Neapolis, or Shechem, towards Scythopolis.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Jdg 7:22 - Abel-meholah

They slew one another, either because they suspected treachery, and so fell upon those they first met with; which they might more easily do, because they consisted of several nations, as may be gathered from Jud 6:3 , and Josephus affirms; or because the darkness of the night made them unable to distinguish friends from foes; or because the suddenness of the thing struck them with horror and amazement; or because God infatuated them, as he hath done many others. Compare 1Sa 14:20 2Ch 20:23 .

Abel-meholah of which see 1Ki 4:12 19:16 .

Gill: Jdg 7:22 - And the three hundred men blew the trumpets // and the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow throughout the host // and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath // and to the border of Abelmeholah unto Tabbath

And the three hundred men blew the trumpets,.... Kept blowing them to continue and increase the terror of the enemy, and still held the lamps in their hands, and stood as torch bearers to light the Midianites and their associates to destroy one another, as follows:

and the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow throughout the host; and so slew one another; either suspecting treachery, as Grotius, and so in revenge, wrath, and indignation, drew their swords on each other; or through the terror and amazement they were in at the sounds they heard, and the blazing torches dazzling their eyes, they knew not what they did, or who they fell upon, taking their friends for foes, supposing the Israelites were got into their camp; and the rather they might be led into this mistake, since there were people of different languages among them, as Josephus ^m observes; but the thing was of God, it was he that took away their reason and judgment from them, and infatuated them, and filled their imaginations with such strange apprehensions of things; and threw into their minds such terror and amazement, and directed them to point their swords at one another:

and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath; that is, which was left of it, which had not destroyed each other; the first of these places should be read Bethhashittah; and perhaps had its name from the "shittah" or "shittim" trees which might grow near it in plenty, or the houses in it might be built of shittim wood; or it may be here stood a temple formerly dedicated to some deity of this name, and near it a grove of the above trees. Zererath, Kimchi observes, is written with two "reshes", or R's, to distinguish it from another place called Tzeredah; but where either of these places mentioned were cannot be particularly said; though it is highly probable they were in the tribe of Manasseh, and in the way to Jordan, whither in all probability the Midianites would steer their course to escape to their own land:

and to the border of Abelmeholah unto Tabbath; the former of these was the birth place of Elisha the prophet, 1Ki 19:16 and it appears very plainly that it was in the tribe of Manasseh, being mentioned with other places in that tribe, 1Ki 4:12. Jerome ⁿ under this word says, there was in his time a village in Aulon, or the plain, ten miles from Scythopolis to the south, which was called Bethahula; and the Targum is,"to the border of the plain of Abelmeholah;''but of Tabbath we nowhere else read.