The Call to Gideon
This man was threshing wheat when an angel of the Lord appeared to him, calling him to save Israel from the hand of Midian.
Who is Gideon?
The Lord commanded Gideon to tear down the altar to this false god.
Who is Baal?
This animal, belonging to the Midianites, Amalekites, and all other eastern peoples, could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.
What are the camels?
After the reign of Tola and Jair, the Israelites did this in the eyes of the Lord.
What is evil?
The Israelites did this when they turned away from God and served the Baals.
What is sinned?
Since the Israelites had committed evil in the eyes of the Lord, He gave them over to this group of people for seven years.
Who are the Midianites?
To avoid being seen by the men of the town, Gideon, and ten of his servants, did what the Lord had commanded him at this time of day.
What is night?
This many men lapped water with their hands to their mouths, who were then used to save the Israelites from the hands of the Midianites.
What is 300?
When the Israelites chose to serve the false gods of foreign nations, the Lord felt this emotion toward them.
What is anger?
During their eighteen years of oppression, the Israelites were in great this on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead.
What is distress?
The Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern peoples were described as swarms of this creature when coming up in the land of Israel.
What are locusts?
In the second test that Gideon asked of the Lord, this was to be covered in dew.
What is the ground?
Soon after Gideon's death, the Israelites prostituted themselves to this god.
Who is Baal-Berith?
This man, who was the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel after the time of Abimelech.
Who is Tola?
The Lord sold the Israelites into the hands of these two groups of people, who proceeded to shatter and crush them.
Who are the Philistines and Ammonites?
These two things were placed before God by Gideon as a sacrifice to the Lord.
What are lamb meat and unleavened bread?
After destroying Baal's altar and cutting down the Asherah pole, Gideon was given this new name, which meant this.
What are Jerub-Baal and "Let Baal contend with him?"
Gideon had this many sons of his own, while his concubine, who lived in Shechem, bore him a son named this.
What are seventy and Abimelech?
Jair of Gilead had this many sons, who rode on this many donkeys, who controlled this many towns in Gilead.
What are 30, 30, and 30?
Jephthah was driven away from his family and inheritance because of this fact.
What is he was the son of another woman?
After his encounter with the angel of the Lord, Gideon built an altar called this, which, to this day, stands in this place of this group of people.
What are "The Lord is Peace" and Ophrah of the Abiezrites?
When the spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, he sent messengers into these four tribes of Israel, calling them to arms.
Who are Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali?
When the army of Gideon sounded their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to flee to this place toward this place.
What are Beth Shittah and Zererah?
When the Israelites rejected God, they chose to follow the gods of these five groups of people.
Who are Aram, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines?
When the Spirit of the Lord came over Jephthah, he crossed over these two places as he passed through Mizpah of Gilead in pursuit of the Ammonites.
What are Gilead and Manasseh?