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Jdg_8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
Ver. 11. And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents.] The Arabian Nomades or Scenites, who dwelt not in houses or cities, but in movable tents, feeding their cattle, {Jer_49:29} taking up wheresoever night took them. So the Hamaxobii among the Scythians. They had their scouts abroad, doubtless; but he fetched a compass about and came upon the east side, where they never feared any enemy.
For the host was secure.] Security ushereth in destruction; as it did at Tyre, at Babylon, those Amalakites in 1Sa_30:16-17, the Pompeians at the Pharsalian field, {a} the French at the battle of Agincourt, {b} &c.
{a} Caes. Comment.
{b} Speed’s Chron.