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Gideon (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ d i ə n /; Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, Modern: Gīdʿōn, Tiberian: Gīḏəʿōn) also named Jerubbaal [a] and Jerubbesheth, [b] [1] was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in Judges 6–8 of the Book of Judges in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible.
A Gideon member placing a Bible in a motel room Gideon's Bible beside a Book of Mormon in a JW Marriott Hotel found in Las Vegas, Nevada New Testament with an orange cover handed out to the general public by the Gideons International. The covers of the New Testaments distributed by Gideons are color-coded based on which groups they are intended ...
When "the citizens of Shechem and the whole house of Millo" were gathered together "by the plain of the pillar" (i.e., the stone set up by Joshua, 24:26; compare Genesis 35:4) "that was in Shechem, to make Abimelech king", from one of the heights of Mount Gerizim he protested against their doing so in the earliest parable in the Bible, [1] that ...
The rest of Gideon's lifetime saw peace in the land, but after Gideon's death, his son Abimelech ruled Shechem as a Machiavellian tyrant guilty for much bloodshed (see chapters 8 and 9). However, the last few chapters of Judges (specifically, the stories of Samson, Micah, and Gibeah) highlight the violence and anarchy of decentralized rule.
He is introduced in Judges 8:31 as the son of Gideon and his Shechemite concubine, and the biblical account of his reign is described in chapter nine of the Book of Judges. According to the Bible, he was an unprincipled and ambitious ruler who often engaged in wars against his own subjects.
Gideon (Hebrew: גדעון) is a masculine given name and surname of Hebrew origin which translates to "feller" or "hewer" (i.e. 'great warrior') in Hebrew. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It can also be interpreted as "One who has a stump in place of a hand" or "One who cuts down".
Gideon . The Lord Appears to Gideon, 6:1-40; The Sign of the Fleece and Gideon's Three Hundred, 7:1-25; Midian Subdued, 8:1-35; Abimelech . Abmilech, son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) made king at Shechem after destroying his own family, 9:1-6; Jotham, the lone survivor and brother, tells The Parable of the Trees. He speaks against Abimelech then flees ...
Gideon chooses an army of 300 (Judges 7:8) to wage war against the Midianites. Gideon delivers Israelites from the hands of Midianite raiders. Gideon captures the kings of Midian Zebah and Zalmunna (Judges 8:10). After Gideon's son Jeter shies away from decapitating the two Midianite kings, Gideon slays the kings personally (Judges 8:21).