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Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Hebrews 11:32

the time--suitable for the length of an Epistle. He accumulates collectively some out of many examples of faith.

Gideon--put before Barak, not chronologically, but as being more celebrated. Just as Samson for the same reason is put before Jephthæ. The mention of Jephthæ as an example of "faith," makes it unlikely he sacrificed the life of his daughter for a rash vow. David, the warrior king and prophet, forms the transition from warrior chiefs to the "prophets," of whom "Samuel" is mentioned as the first.

Other commentary entries containing this verse:

Judges 7:7
Judges 16:31
1 Samuel 12:11
Hebrews 11:33

 

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