Qn. 1, 3 …, “Arise, for the LORD has given the host of Midian into your hand” (15): Gideon knew God’s plan for the Midianites. Without delay he set off with his men and went to attack them. They used simple means, yet they defeated them. The source of their strength was: 1) A good […]

Qn. 5 “God has given into your hands the prince of Midian,…. Then their anger against him subsided when he said this (3): The accusation of the men of Ephraim for not having called them to go to fight was comprehensible (1). Instead of arguing with them, he talked to them respectfully using adequate words […]

Qn. 3 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you.” (23): After Gideon had defeated the Midianites, the Israelites asked him to rule over them because he had saved them from the hand of the Midianites. He declined their […]