Gideon
Sign in to saveGideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal ( ) and Jerubbesheth (| ) was an Israelite shopeṭ ("judge"), military leader, and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is described in Judges 6–8 in the Hebrew Bible.
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- Gideon
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- Maerten van Heemskerck - Gédéon et le miracle de la Toison, MBA 1747 (b) (cropped).jpg
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- Gideon and the Fleece (1550) by Maarten van Heemskerck
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- Hebrew
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- Deborah
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- Abimelech
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- Joash
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Names
- Biblical narrative
- Calling
- Gathering an army
- Night attack
- Subsequent events
- Rabbinic commentary
- Textual history
- Christian reception
- Cultural references
- Origin of the phrase "putting out a fleece"
- Military references
- Archaeological evidence
- See also
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- General sources
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal ( ) and Jerubbesheth (| ) was an Israelite shopeṭ ("judge"), military leader, and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is described in Judges 6–8 in the Hebrew Bible.
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh, and lived in Ephra (Ophrah). As a leader of the Israelites, he won a decisive victory over a Midianite army despite a vast numerical disadvantage, leading a troop of 300 men.