Judges 6
What is the name of the book this story comes from?
Judges
Who did God allow to come against Israel for seven years?
Midian
What was Gideon doing when the angel came to him?
beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites
Whose altar did Gideon pull down?
Baal
What did Gideon put on the threshing floor to test God?
a fleece of wool
Who was chosen by God to save Israel in this chapter?
Gideon
How were the Israelites brought because of Midian?
very low
Where did the angel sit when he spoke to Gideon?
under the terebinth at Ophrah
Why did Gideon do the work at night?
He was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do this in the daytime
What did Gideon ask for to be on the fleece in the first test?
What did the people do in the sight of the Lord?
Evil
Who did the people cry out to when they were in trouble?
the Lord
What did the angel call Gideon?
What did the townspeople want to do to Gideon after they found out?
They wanted to kill him
What happened to the fleece the first morning?
The fleece was wet. He wrung enough dew to fill one bowl with water.
Name TWO groups of people that came and took the food and animals from Israel.
What did the Midianites do to the crops?
devour the produce, leave no sustenance
Why did Gideon say he was not able to save Israel at first?
My clan is the weakest in Manasseh and I am the least in my father's house
What new name did Gideon get after breaking down the altar?
Jerubbaal
What did Gideon ask for in his second test of the fleece?
Dry fleece, wet on the ground.
Where did the people hide because the oppressors came?
dens that are in mountains and the caves in the strongholds
Name one place the Midianites came from in their attacks
Gaza
What did God say He would do to help Gideon succeed?
"But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
What did Gideon build where the angel had been?
Why did Gideon ask God for these signs?
So that he would know if God would save Israel by his hand like he had said.