Matthew 14:1-2 " At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him." Matthew 14:5-8 " And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger." The term “Herod” was more of a title than it was a name. Herod the Great (the Herod that ordered the death of the children in Bethlehem two years old and under) was ruler in Judah when Jesus was born and is the father of the Herod under consideration here. The original Herod divided the kingdom of Judah into f...
Judges 7:20-22 "And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. (21) And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. (22) And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host..." At the time appointed, Gideon divided the 300 men into three groups. They went against the darkness in the darkness, but their confidence was in the Lord's power and leadership. The only weapons they had in their hands were trumpets, lamps, and pitchers of clay. They used the element of surprise in the darkness to shatter the pitchers and let the light pierce the darkness. They blew their trumpets and the enemy went into shock thinking they were completely surrounded by a host of ...