King James Version
Judges 7:23 in the King James Version says “And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursu...” — study this verse from Judges chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.”
Judges 7:23 · KJV
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled .
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. in: or, toward border: Heb. lip
And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“gathered themselves together”
H6817to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
“And the men”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“out of Naphtali”
H5321naphtali, a son of jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“and out of Asher”
H836asher, a son of jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in palestine
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and out of all Manasseh”
H4519menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“and pursued”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“the Midianites”
H4080midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
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