Gideon
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb;
and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at
the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the
heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan....
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And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim,
saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them
the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of
Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto
Bethbarah and Jordan....
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And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither
shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you....
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(Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, Modern Gid'on Tiberian Giḏʻôn), which means
"Destroyer," "Mighty warrior," or "Feller (of trees)" was
judge of the Hebrews. His story is recorded in the Book of
Judges and this account is compiled in the Hebrew Bible/Old
Testament. His story is told in chapters 6 to 8 . He is also
named in the Epistle to the Hebrews as an e...
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gid'-e-un (gidh`on, "cutter down," "feller" or "hewer"):
1. His Family and Home:
Also named Jerubbaal (Jdg 6:32) and Jerubbesheth (2 Sam
11:21), youngest son of Joash, of the clan of Abiezer in the
tribe of Manasseh. His home was at Ophrah, and his family an
obscure one. He became the chief leader of Manasseh and the
fifth recorded judge of Isr...
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Call of, by an angel
Jud 6:11,14
-His excuses
Jud 6:15
-Promises of the Lord to
Jud 6:16
-Angel attests the call to, by miracle
Jud 6:21-24
-He destroys the altar of Baal, and builds one to the Lord
Jud 6:25-27
-His prayer tests
Jud 6:36-40
-Leads an army against and defeats the Midianites
Jud 6:33-35; 7; 8:4-12
-Reproaches the Ephrai...
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(he that cuts down), youngest son of Joash of the
Abiezrites, an undistinguished family who lived at Ophrah, a
town probably on the west of Jordan, Jud 6:15 in the
territory of Manasseh, near Shechem. He was the fifth
recorded judge of Israel, and for many reasons the greatest
of them all. When we first hear of him he was grown up and
had son...
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called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of
the
judges whose history is circumstantially narrated
(Judg. 6-8).
His calling is the commencement of the second period
in the
history of the judges. After the victory gained by
Deborah and
Barak over Jabin, Israel once more sank into
idolatry, and the
Midianites (q.v.) and Amalekit...
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("a hewer"), i.e. warrior, or the hewer down of Baal (Isaiah
10:33). Of Manasseh; youngest son of Joash, of the Abiezrite
family at Ophrah (Judges 6:11; Judges 6:15). Fifth of the
judges of Israel, called by the angel of the Lord to deliver
Israel from the seven years' yoke of the Midianite hosts,
which like swarming locusts consumed all their...
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he that bruises or breaks; a destroyer...
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