Gideon
Also known as: Jerubbaal
Judge · The Fleece and the 300
Key Events
- 1Called by Angel of the Lord while hiding
- 2Tore down altar of Baal
- 3Tested God with the fleece twice
- 4Army reduced from 32,000 to 300
- 5Defeated Midianites with torches, pitchers, and trumpets
- 6Refused to be made king: "the LORD shall rule over you"
What Scripture Says (42 verses)
Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers · Chapter 2
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
Numbers · Chapter 7
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers · Chapter 7
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers · Chapter 10
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Judges · Chapter 6
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Judges · Chapter 6
And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
Judges · Chapter 6
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
Judges · Chapter 6
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges · Chapter 6
Showing 10 of 42 verses
Church Tradition
Death
Died at a good old age
Source: Judges 8:32