From Nave’s Topical Bible
Gideon
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 18Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Call of, by an angelJudges 6:11Judges 6:14
- His excusesJudges 6:15
- Promises of the Lord toJudges 6:16
- Angel attests the call to, by miracleJudges 6:21–24
- He destroys the altar of Baal, and builds one to the LordJudges 6:25–27
- His prayer testsJudges 6:36–40
- Leads an army against and defeats the MidianitesJudges 6:33–35Judges 7Judges 8:4–12
- Reproaches the Ephraimites for not joining in the campaign against the MidianitesJudges 8:1–3
- Avenges himself upon the people of SuccothJudges 8:14–17
- Israel desires to make him king; he refusesJudges 8:22Judges 8:23
- Makes an ephod which becomes a snare to the IsraelitesJudges 8:24–27
- Had seventy sonsJudges 8:30
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- Death ofJudges 8:32
- Faith ofHebrews 11:32
The passages, in Bible order (18)
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- 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.
Commentary on Judges 6:112 voices
Gideon, in replying, addresses him at first in a style equivalent (in Hebrew) to "sir," but afterwards gives to him the name usually applied to God. an oak--Hebrew, "the oak"--as famous in after-times.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
In Ophrah - In Manasseh: there was another Ophrah in Benjamin, Josh. xviii, 23. The Abi-ezrite - Of the posterity of Abiezer. Threshed - Not with oxen, as the manner was, Deut. xxv, 4, but with a staff to prevent discovery.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- 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?”
Commentary on Judges 6:142 voices
It was a speaking look, like Christ's upon Peter ( Luke xxii. 61 ), a powerful look, a look that strangely darted new light and life into Gideon's breast, and inspired him with a generous heat, far above what he felt before. [2.] But there was much more in what he said to him.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
He resembles Moses also in the desire for a sign; and in both cases it was the rarity of revelations in such periods of general corruption that made them so desirous of having the fullest conviction of being addressed by a heavenly messenger. The request was reasonable, and it was graciously granted [Jud 6:18].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- 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.”
Commentary on Judges 6:152 voices
Gideon now perceived that the Lord was speaking to him by His angel. He saw, however, no qualifications in himself, or in his family or tribe, for the office of saviour to his people. He therefore desires some assurance that the message he had just received was indeed from God, and not a mere dream or delusion. He asks as a sign Jdg 6:18 that his mysterious visitor should tarry under the oak until he should return to Him with his gifts and offerings.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
My family - Hebrew. my thousand: for the tribes were distributed into several thousands, whereof each thousand had his peculiar governor. Is poor - That is, weak and contemptible.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Judges 6:16
“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
Commentary on Judges 6:162 voices
He resembles Moses also in the desire for a sign; and in both cases it was the rarity of revelations in such periods of general corruption that made them so desirous of having the fullest conviction of being addressed by a heavenly messenger. The request was reasonable, and it was graciously granted [Jud 6:18].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
And the Lord said unto him, surely I will be with thee,.... The Targum is,"my Word shall be thy help,''which was sufficient to answer all objections taken from his meanness, unworthiness, and weakness: and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man; all together, and as easily as if thou hadst but one man to deal with, and the destruction be so entire and general that none shall be left.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 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 vanished from his sight.
Commentary on Judges 6:21–242 voices
And Gideon, moved by that message, when he heard that, though thousands of the people failed, God would deliver His own from their enemies by means of one man, offered a kid, and according to the word of the Angel, laid its flesh and the unleavened cakes upon the rock, and poured the broth upon them. And as soon as the Angel touched them with the end of the staff which he bore, fire burst forth out of the rock, and so the sacrifice which he was offering was consumed.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Holy Spirit, Book 1, 397Patristic
The flesh seems to have been roasted, which is done by cutting it into kobab, that is, into small pieces, fixed on a skewer, and put before the fire. The broth was for immediate use; the other, brought in a hand-basket was intended to be a future supply to the traveller.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- 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.
Commentary on Judges 6:25–272 voices
The second bullock - He was to offer one for himself, the other for the sins of the people, whom he was to deliver. 'Till sin be pardoned thro' the great sacrifice, no good is to be expected.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
Then the man, instructed and fore-knowing what was to be, observes the heavenly mysteries, and therefore, according to the warning, slew the bullock destined by his father to idols, and himself offered to God another bullock seven years old. By doing which he most plainly showed that after the coming of the Lord all Gentile sacrifices should be done away, and that only the sacrifice of the Lord's passion should be offered for the redemption of the people.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Holy Spirit, Book 1, 397Patristic
- 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.
Commentary on Judges 6:33–352 voices
Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
A fresh invasion, and the last, of Midianites Amalekites, and Arabs (see Jdg 6:3). But the Israelites, instead of hiding in dens and caves, and tamely leaving all their substance as pIunder to the invaders, now rally around their leader.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Judges 6:36–40
Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
Commentary on Judges 6:36–402 voices
Gideon said - In a way of humble supplication, for the strengthening his own faith, and for the greater encouragement of his soldiers in this great attempt.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
And Gideon said unto God,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 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.
Commentary on Judges 7:12 voices
It was situated not far from Gilboa, on the confines of Manasseh, and the name "Harod" was bestowed on it with evident reference to the panic which seized the majority of Gideon's troops.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
Against the Midianites, also, who, as the book of Judges relates, had filled all places like locusts, Gideon was ordered to lead a few men into battle. It was not that he did not have many in his army, but that he was forbidden to …
Salvian the Presbyter· THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 7.8-9, 500Patristic
- 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.
Commentary on Judges 8:1–32 voices
But, piqued at not having been sharers in the glory of the victory, their leading men could not repress their wounded pride; and the occasion only served to bring out an old and deep-seated feeling of jealous rivalry that subsisted between the tribes (Isa 9:21). The discontent was groundless, for Gideon acted according to divine directions.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
The success of Gideons enterprise mortified the pride of Ephraim, as the chief tribe, seeing that they had played a subordinate part. Compare Jdg 12:1.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Judges 8:4–12
Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
Commentary on Judges 8:4–122 voices
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over.....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Faint, yet pursuing - The Vulgate paraphrases this, et prae lassitudine, fugientes persequi non poterant; and, through fatigue, unable to pursue the fugitives.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 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.
Commentary on Judges 8:14–172 voices
Cowards will seem valiant when the danger is over, but those consult their reputation who try not their courage when danger is near. Gideon's answer was very calm and peaceable, and was intended not so much to justify himself as to please and pacify them,
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
His 300 men were now the ministers of his justice; they secured all these princes, and brought them before Gideon, who showed them his royal captives in chains. "These are the men you thought me an unequal match for, and would give me no assistance in the pursuit of,"
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Judges 8:22
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.”
Commentary on Judges 8:222 voices
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Rule - Not as a judge, for that he was already made by God; but as a king. Thy son's son - Let the kingdom be hereditary to thee, and to thy family. Thou hast delivered us - This miraculous and glorious deliverance by thy hands deserves no less from us.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Judges 8:23
But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
Commentary on Judges 8:232 voices
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The Lord shall rule over you - Few with such power at their command would have acted as Gideon. His speech calls them back to their first principles, and should have excited in them both shame and contrition. How different is this speech from that of Oliver Cromwell when the commons offered him the crown of England!
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 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.)
Commentary on Judges 8:24–272 voices
Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you--This was the contribution of an earring (singular). As the ancient Arabians (Ishmaelites and Midianites being synonymous terms, Ge 37:25, 28) were gorgeously adorned with barbaric pearl and gold, an immense amount of such valuable booty had fallen into the hands of the Israelitish soldiers.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 8:30
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
Commentary on Judges 8:301 voice
And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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