The Meaning of Judges 8:13 Explained

Judges 8:13

KJV: And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

YLT: And Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,

Darby: Then Gideon the son of Jo'ash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

ASV: And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

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What is the context of Judges 8:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun [was up],

What does Judges 8:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 8:13-28 - The Snare Of Success

Clearly Gideon's family had passed through some terrible tragedy previous to this war of emancipation. He had not learned our Lord's teaching of forgiveness and acted on the usual maxims of his age. Possibly, also, he felt that he was the executioner of God's vengeance upon these chiefs, whose names, "Immolation" and "Trouble," were derived from their desperate deeds. As they stood anticipating death, they uttered a memorable sentence, "As the man is, so is his strength." The usefulness of our lives is not to be gauged by what we say or have or think, but by what we are. It is not gift but grace that leaves the deepest dint upon other lives. If you want to be strong in the arm, you must be pure and true at heart.

The gold and purple of the spoil enabled Gideon to make an ephod, presumably on the pattern of that described in Exodus 28:1-43. It was not exactly an idol but a kind of fetish, and it diverted the thoughts of the people from Shiloh and the spiritual worship of the unseen and eternal God. So apt is the human heart to cling to some outward emblem-it may be a crucifix, a wafer, or a church-and miss that worship in spirit and in truth for which the Father seeks. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 8

¹ Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites
⁴ Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army
¹⁰ Zebah and Zalmunna are taken
¹³ Succoth and Penuel are destroyed
¹⁷ Gideon revenges his brothers's death on Zebah and Zalmunna
²² He refuses government
²⁴ His ephod the cause of idolatry
²⁸ Midian subdued
²⁹ Gideon's children, and death
³³ The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude

What do the individual words in Judges 8:13 mean?

And returned Gideon son of Joash from battle from the Ascent of Heres

וַיָּ֛שָׁב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־ יוֹאָ֖שׁ מִן־ הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה הֶחָֽרֶס

וַיָּ֛שָׁב	And returned
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back.
גִּדְע֥וֹן	Gideon
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: גִּדְעֹון Sense: youngest son of Joash of the Abiezrites, fifth judge of Israel who led the Israelites against the Midianites.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יוֹאָ֖שׁ	of Joash
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄואָשׁ Sense: son of king Ahaziah and the 8th king of Judah.
הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה	battle
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מִלְחָמָה Sense: battle, war.
מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה	from the Ascent of
Parse: Preposition-m, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מַעֲלֶה Sense: ascent, incline.
הֶחָֽרֶס	Heres
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: חֶרֶס Sense: itch, an eruptive disease.

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