Gideon
17 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
14 sections
- Angel Attests the Call To, by Miracle
- Avenges Himself Upon the People of Succoth
- Call of, by an Angel
- Death of
- Faith of
- had Seventy Sons
- He Destroys the Altar of Baal, and Builds One to the Lord
- His Excuses
- His Prayer Tests
- Israel Desires to Make Him King; he Refuses
- Leads an Army Against and Defeats the Midianites
- Makes an Ephod Which Becomes a Snare to the Israelites
- Promises of the Lord To
- Reproaches the Ephraimites for not Joining in the Campaign Against the Midianites
Angel Attests the Call To, by Miracle
- Judges 6:21–24 Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD …
Avenges Himself Upon the People of Succoth
- Judges 8:14–17 There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth. …
Call of, by an Angel
- Judges 6:11 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
- Judges 6:14 The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
Death of
- Judges 8:32 Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Faith of
- Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
had Seventy Sons
- Judges 8:30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
He Destroys the Altar of Baal, and Builds One to the Lord
- Judges 6:25–27 On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. …
His Excuses
- Judges 6:15 “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
His Prayer Tests
- Judges 6:36–40 Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, …
Israel Desires to Make Him King; he Refuses
- Judges 8:22–23 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us — you and your son and grandson — for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” …
Leads an Army Against and Defeats the Midianites
- Judges 6:33–35 Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel. …
- Judges 7:1 Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
- Judges 8:4–12 Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit. …
Makes an Ephod Which Becomes a Snare to the Israelites
- Judges 8:24–27 Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.) …
Promises of the Lord To
- Judges 6:16 “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
Reproaches the Ephraimites for not Joining in the Campaign Against the Midianites
- Judges 8:1–3 Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently. …
Related topics
ZalmunnaZebahFlattery by GideonTact of GideonTower of PenuelSuccoth
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.