Judges 8:4

“And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over. etc.] That river; (see Gill on “<070725>Judges 7:25”) he and three hundred men that were with him, at the defeat of the Midianites in the valley of Jezreel; so that neither at that nor in the pursuit of them hitherto, had he lost one man: faint, yet pursuing [them]: they were faint with being up all night, and continually blowing their trumpets; and had been upon the pursuit of their enemies ever since the defeat; and yet, though they were so faint, they did not leave off the pursuit, but were eager at it.”

“Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over--much exhausted, but eager to continue the pursuit till the victory was consummated.”

“Passed over - Or, had passed over. Judges 8:6”

“faint: Sa1 14:28, Sa1 14:29, Sa1 14:31, Sa1 14:32, Sa1 30:10; Co2 4:8, Co2 4:9, Co2 4:16; Gal 6:9; Heb 12:1-4 Judges 8:5”

“Pursuit and Complete Overthrow of the Midianites. - That the Midianites whom God had delivered into his hand might be utterly destroyed, Gideon pursued those who had escaped across the Jordan, till he overtook them on the eastern boundary of Gilead and smote them there. Jdg 8:4-5 When he came to the Jordan with his three hundred men, who were exhausted with the pursuit, he asked the inhabitants of Succoth for loaves of bread for the people in his train. So far as the construction is concerned, the words from עבר to ורדפים form a circumstantial clause inserted as a parenthesis into the principal sentence, and subordinate to it: "When Gideon came to the Jordan, passing over he and the three…”