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Gid·e·on
/ˈgɪdiən/
猶太勇士
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Gideon
called
also
Jerubbaal
(
Judg
. 6:29, 32),
was
the
first
of
the
judges
whose
history
is
circumstantially
narrated
(
Judg
. 6-8).
His
calling
is
the
commencement
of
the
second
period
in
the
history
of
the
judges
.
After
the
victory
gained
by
Deborah
and
Barak
over
Jabin
,
Israel
once
more
sank
into
idolatry
,
and
the
Midianites
(q.v.)
and
Amalekites
,
with
other
"
children
of
the
east
,"
crossed
the
Jordan
each
year
for
seven
successive
years
for
the
purpose
of
plundering
and
desolating
the
land
.
Gideon
received
a
direct
call
from
God
to
undertake
the
task
of
delivering
the
land
from
these
warlike
invaders
.
He
was
of
the
family
of
Abiezer
(
Josh
. 17:2; 1
Chr
. 7:18),
and
of
the
little
township
of
Ophrah
(
Judg
. 6:11).
First
,
with
ten
of
his
servants
,
he
overthrew
the
altars
of
Baal
and
cut
down
the
asherah
which
was
upon
it
,
and
then
blew
the
trumpet
of
alarm
,
and
the
people
flocked
to
his
standard
on
the
crest
of
Mount
Gilboa
to
the
number
of
twenty-two
thousand
men
.
These
were
,
however
,
reduced
to
only
three
hundred
.
These
,
strangely
armed
with
torches
and
pitchers
and
trumpets
,
rushed
in
from
three
different
points
on
the
camp
of
Midian
at
midnight
,
in
the
valley
to
the
north
of
Moreh
,
with
the
terrible
war-cry
, "
For
the
Lord
and
for
Gideon
" (
Judg
. 7:18, R.V.).
Terror-stricken
,
the
Midianites
were
put
into
dire
confusion
,
and
in
the
darkness
slew
one
another
,
so
that
only
fifteen
thousand
out
of
the
great
army
of
one
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
escaped
alive
.
The
memory
of
this
great
deliverance
impressed
itself
deeply
on
the
mind
of
the
nation
(1
Sam
. 12:11;
Ps
. 83:11;
Isa
. 9:4; 10:26;
Heb
. 11:32).
The
land
had
now
rest
for
forty
years
.
Gideon
died
in
a
good
old
age
,
and
was
buried
in
the
sepulchre
of
his
fathers
.
Soon
after
his
death
a
change
came
over
the
people
.
They
again
forgot
Jehovah
,
and
turned
to
the
worship
of
Baalim
,
"
neither
shewed
they
kindness
to
the
house
of
Jerubbaal
" (
Judg
.
8:35).
Gideon
left
behind
him
seventy
sons
,
a
feeble
,
sadly
degenerated
race
,
with
one
exception
,
that
of
Abimelech
,
who
seems
to
have
had
much
of
the
courage
and
energy
of
his
father
,
yet
of
restless
and
unscrupulous
ambition
.
He
gathered
around
him
a
band
who
slaughtered
all
Gideon's
sons
,
except
Jotham
,
upon
one
stone
. (
See
OPHRAH
.)
From:
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Gideon
,
he
that
bruises
or
breaks
;
a
destroyer
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