Judges 7-9 - Gideon’s 300 Men

Gideon’s 300 Men

Jdg 7:7 LSB - [7] And Yahweh said to Gideon, "I will save you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the [other] people go, each man to his place."

Jdg 7:10-11 LSB - [10] "But if you are afraid to go down, [then both] you and Purah your young man, go down to the camp, [11] and you will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened, that you may go down against the camp." So he went with Purah his young man down to the outskirts of the armed men that were in the camp.

Gideon Kills the Princes of Midian

Jdg 7:20 LSB - [20] Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, and they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing and called out, "A sword for Yahweh and for Gideon!"

Gideon Makes an Ephod

Jdg 8:27 LSB - [27] Then Gideon made it into an ephod and placed it in his city, Ophrah, and all Israel played the harlot with it there, so that it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

“He did not set up an idol, but he made an ephod, an imitation of that wonderful vestment worn by the high priest. Perhaps he made it of solid gold, not to be worn, but to be looked at, simply to remind the people of the worship of God, and not to be itself worshipped. But ah, dear friends, you see here that, if we go half an inch beyond what God’s Word warrants we always get into mischief!” (Spurgeon)

 

The Death and Burial of Gideon

Jdg 8:34 LSB - [34] Thus the sons of Israel did not remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;

Abimelech Kills His Brothers

Jdg 9:19-20 LSB - [19] if then you have dealt in truth and integrity with Jerubbaal and his house this day, be glad in Abimelech, and let him also be glad in you. [20] "But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from Beth-millo and consume Abimelech."

The Downfall of Abimelech

Jdg 9:23 LSB - [23] Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem; and the lords of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,

Jdg 9:53 LSB - [53] But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and she smashed his skull.

Jdg 9:56-57 LSB - [56] Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. [57] God also returned all the evil of the men of Shechem on their own heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.