Judges 7:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Judges 7:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Judges 7:8 is a verse from the book of Judges in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his ten..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Judges 7:8 — KJV
“So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.”
— Judges 7:8 (KJV)
Judges 7:8 in Context — About the Book of Judges
Judges chronicles Israel's darkest cycle: sin, oppression, crying out, and rescue — repeated for generations. God raises unlikely deliverers like Gideon, Deborah, and Samson, proving He responds to honest cries for help even when His people keep failing. Grace shines against a dark backdrop.
Cross-References for Judges 7:8
“Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.”
Shares key themes with Judges 7:8: people, sent, rest
“And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.”
Shares key themes with Judges 7:8: people, hand, rest
“And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. a trumpet...: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches”
Shares key themes with Judges 7:8: hand, trumpets, every
“These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.”
Shares key themes with Judges 7:8: israel, those, three
“And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.”
Shares key themes with Judges 7:8: hand, trumpets, sent
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