The Holy Land and the Bible; . ber.^ The scene of Gideons victory musthave been near the descent to Beisan; the description of the battle, tlieflight, and the pursuit pointing to this; but there has been questionof late years as to the exact locality of Ain Harod—the Spring ofTrembling. Gideon was encamped, we read, on Mount Gilead,* which,in this case, must be understood as ISIount Jalud—some portion of themass of the Gilboa hills, whether at the upper or lower end of thegreat wady is not known. The spring Jalud, near Zerin, or Jezreel,has generally been recognized as the scene of Gideons tes
The Holy Land and the Bible; . ber.^ The scene of Gideons victory musthave been near the descent to Beisan; the description of the battle, tlieflight, and the pursuit pointing to this; but there has been questionof late years as to the exact locality of Ain Harod—the Spring ofTrembling. Gideon was encamped, we read, on Mount Gilead,* which,in this case, must be understood as ISIount Jalud—some portion of themass of the Gilboa hills, whether at the upper or lower end of thegreat wady is not known. The spring Jalud, near Zerin, or Jezreel,has generally been recognized as the scene of Gideons test of thequality of his followers, but Captain Conder is in favor of Ain-el-Jemain, the Fountain of the Two Troops, a large spring at the footof the hills where they trend to the south, on the under corner of thewad^^, exactly west of Beisan. Gideons force, encamped on the hillsabove the sloping valley, consisted of men of Manasseh, his own tribe, 1 1 Sam. xi. 4-11; xxxi. 12. 2 John i. 28. 3 Judg. vi. 3—5. 4 Judg. vii. fAM^^a-^afegri Marys Fountaia at Nazareth. (See page 515.) XXXVIII.] BEISAN, JEZREEL, NAIN. 501 and of Zebulun, Naplitali, and Aslier, from the north of the greatplaiu, tbe districts most aftected by the invaders, though troops ofArabs had scoured the land even so far south as Gaza.^ Having win-nowed his little band of heroes of all faint hearts by the test imposedat the Spring of Trembling, Gideon could count on them. Yet,before acting, he resolved to see for himself the condition of the enemy,Descending by night the low slope of the hill in the folds of which hismen were hidden, he crept, with his servant, towards the vast encamp-ment. The valley was full of the tents of the Arabs, and both withinand around these multitudes slept, with their numberless camels atrest in their midst. A dream of one of the host told to his fellow—how a barley cake, which had rolled down from the hills above, hadstruck and overthrown one of the tents—seemed an omen of
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