“But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi–ezer was gathered after him.”
'But the spirit of the LORD took possession of Gideon; and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him. — The crucial element 'the spirit of the LORD took possession of Gideon' empowers him for military leadership. The sounding of the trumpet initiates the call to arms for the Abiezrite clan, suggesting that Gideon's spiritual reformation established his credibility for military leadership.
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