But know this ye, that if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.
And now the morning watch was come, and, behold, the Lord, looking upon the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their host.
And Gedeon, and the three hundred men that were with him, went into part of the camp, at the beginning of the midnight watch: and the watchmen being alarmed, they began to sound their trumpets, and to clap the pitchers one against another.