Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
"The Spirit of Jehovah came upon Gideon"  (Judges 6:34).  This clause in the Hebrew is literally, "The Spirit of the Lord clothed himself with Gideon, an expression repeated in  1 Chronicles 12:18 and in  2 Chronicles 24:20.  It denotes complete possession.  Thus, Gideon became the garment of the Spirit of God and thus enters the succession of Israel's charismatic leaders."[22]