Gideon גדעון
Judge of Israel from the tribe of Manasseh, whose story is told in Judges 6 to 8. With only 300 men carrying trumpets, jars and torches, he routed the Midianite raiders in a night attack from the spring of Harod in the Jezreel Valley. When the people offered him the crown, he refused, saying "The Lord shall rule over you."Continue ▸
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Click an image to enlarge it. Author and license are shown with each.
MORE NOWLEJ
Sources
- Written for this site, revised and checked from the topic pages of the earlier Israel NOWlej site (2025).