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Excerpt from The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt. Now First Collected, Vol. 4 of 8: To Which Are Prefixed the Lives of the Author; History of the World, Book II. Chap. 13, 5.-28
Then the Lord by his angel stirred up qgideon the son of J oash, afterwards called J erubbaal whose fear and nu willingness, and how it pleased God to hearten him in his enterprise, it is both largely and precisely set down in the holy scriptures: as also how it pleased God by a few select persons, namely 300 out of men, to make them know that he only was the Lord Of hosts. Each of these 300, by Gideon's appointment, carried a trumpet, and light in a pitcher, instruments of more terror than force, with which he gave the great army of their enemies an alarum; who hearing so loud a noise, and seeing (at the crack of so many pitchers broken) so many lights about them, esteeming the army of Israel to be infinite, and strucken with a sudden fear, they all ?ed without a stroke stricken; and were slaughtered in great numbers, two of their princes being made prisoners and slain. In his return, the Ephraimites began to quarrel with Gideon, because he made war with out their assistance, being then greedy of glory, the victory being gotten; who, if Gideon had failed, and fallen in the enterprise, would no doubt have held themselves happy by being neglected. But Gideon appeasing them with a mild answer, followed after the enemy, in which pursuit being tired with travel, and weary even with the slaughtering of his enemies, he desired relief from the inhabitants of Suc coth, to the end that (his men being refreshed) he might overtake the other two kings of the Midianites, which had saved themselves by ?ight. For they were four princes of the nations which had invaded and wasted Israel; to wit, Oreb and Zeeb, which were taken already, and Zebah and Salmunna, which ?ed.
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