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Gideon
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| Gideon |
| Name Means |
"Hewer" or "smiter." |
| Also Known As |
Jerubbaal ("Baal fighter" or "let Baal contend") and Jerubbesheth ("let shame contend"). |
| Home |
Ophrah, probably in the Valley of
Jezreel. |
| Family |
Was the son of Joash; was the father
of seventy sons by several wives and of Abimelech by his Canaanite concubine. |
| Occupation |
Judge & Wheat farmer. |
| Best Known As |
The military leader of a small force of 300 Israelites whom God used to rout the Midianites. |
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