And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. Neh 9:26-29Jdg 2:19-20Deu 28:15-68Jdg 2:11Jdg 2:13-14Num 25:15-18Num 31:1-3Lev 26:14-46 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 1 1Sa 13:6Heb 11:381Sa 14:11Lev 26:17Deu 28:47-48Rev 6:15 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; Jdg 3:13Jdg 6:33Jdg 7:121Ki 4:30Gen 29:1Isa 65:21-22Jdg 8:10Job 1:3 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 2 Lev 26:16Deu 28:51Mic 6:15Deu 28:33Jer 49:9-10Deu 28:30-31Gen 10:19Gen 13:10 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. Jdg 7:12Jdg 8:10Isa 60:6Isa 13:20Jer 46:23Jer 49:29Jer 49:321Sa 30:17 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. Jdg 3:9Jer 5:17Psa 106:43-44Psa 50:15Jdg 3:15Hos 5:15Isa 26:16Mal 1:4
¶ And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 3 Ezk 20:5-32Psa 136:10-16Isa 63:9-14Jdg 2:1-3Neh 9:9-12 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; Psa 44:2-3 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. Jer 10:22Ki 17:35-39Jer 9:13Exo 20:2-3Jdg 2:2Jer 3:13Jer 3:25Jer 42:21
¶ And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 4 5 Jos 17:2Heb 11:32Jdg 13:3Jdg 8:2Gen 16:7Isa 63:9Gen 48:16Jdg 13:18-20 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. Jos 1:5Luk 1:28Jdg 2:18Jos 1:9Jdg 13:3Exo 3:12Luk 1:11Act 18:9-10 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. Psa 77:7-92Ch 15:2Isa 59:1-2Psa 44:1Deu 30:17-18Deu 31:17Gen 25:22Isa 41:17 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? Jos 1:5-9Heb 11:341Sa 12:11Jdg 4:61Ch 14:9-10Heb 11:32 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house. 6 Exo 3:111Sa 9:21Exo 4:10Jer 1:6Eph 3:81Co 15:91Sa 18:23Jer 50:45 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. Jos 1:5Act 11:21Exo 3:12Mrk 16:20Isa 41:10Isa 41:14-16Mat 28:20Jdg 6:12 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. Psa 86:17Exo 33:13Isa 7:11Exo 33:16Gen 15:8-17Isa 38:7-8Jdg 6:36-40Exo 4:1-9 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 7 Gen 18:5Gen 18:3Jdg 13:15Gen 19:3
¶ And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 8 Gen 18:6-8Lev 2:4Jdg 13:15-19 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 1Ki 18:33-34Jdg 13:19
¶ Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. Lev 9:241Ki 18:382Ch 7:11Ch 21:26Jdg 13:20 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. Gen 32:30Exo 33:20Deu 5:26Jhn 1:18Deu 5:24Deu 5:5Gen 16:13Isa 6:5-8 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. Dan 10:19Gen 43:23Jhn 14:27Jhn 20:26Gen 32:30Jhn 20:19Psa 85:8Rom 1:7 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 9 Gen 22:14Exo 17:15Ezk 48:35Jdg 8:32Jer 33:16Gen 33:20Jdg 21:4Jer 23:6
¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: 10 Exo 34:132Co 6:15-17Jdg 3:7Act 5:29Mat 10:371Ki 18:21Mat 6:24Act 4:19 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 11 12 1Co 14:331Co 14:402Sa 24:18 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 1Th 2:4Jhn 2:5Deu 4:1Gal 1:16Jhn 15:14Jhn 3:2Mat 16:24Psa 112:5
¶ And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. Act 26:9Jhn 16:2Php 3:6Jer 26:11Jer 50:38 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. 1Co 8:4Eph 5:11Jer 10:11Jer 10:51Ki 18:271Ki 18:291Ki 18:40Deu 13:5-18 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. 13 14 1Sa 12:112Sa 11:21Jdg 7:1Hos 9:10Jer 11:13
¶ Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. Jos 17:16Jdg 6:3Isa 8:9-10Psa 27:2-3Rom 8:35-391Ch 5:191Ki 18:451Ki 21:1 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. 15 16 2Ch 24:201Ch 12:18Jdg 3:10Jdg 3:27Rom 13:14Psa 51:111Co 12:8-111Sa 11:6 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. 17 2Ch 30:6-12Jdg 4:6
¶ And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Jdg 6:14Mat 16:12Ki 20:9Psa 103:13-14Exo 4:1-9Jdg 6:17-20 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. Hos 14:5Mat 15:24Mat 10:5-6Psa 72:6Deu 32:2Hos 6:3-4Psa 147:19-20 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. Isa 35:7 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. Gen 18:32Isa 50:2Psa 107:33-35Mat 21:43Act 13:46Isa 35:6-7Isa 43:19-20Mat 8:12 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.