Part 9 - Chapter 8:1- 25

Looking at the end of Zebah and Zalmunna verses 1-21-

1/w does Gideon defuses the Ephraimites? v’s1-3

2/ Gideon and his men were exhausted (v4). He asked the elders of Succoth for bread (v5). What is the reason behind them saying no? v6.


3/ What does that response imply about them and their thinking?


4/ Gideon asked the same of Peniel (v8) They also turned him down. What was this going to cost them and why? V9


5/ What had happened to the forces of Zebah and Zalmunna? See verse 10-12


 6/ Gideon made a young man of Succoth name the elders of the town (14). How was the list used? 


 7/What decided the fate of Zebah and Zalmunna? See verse 18-19


 

8/What do you think is the spiritual lessons of these events?


Looking at 22-27- the call to Gideon to rule as a King and the making of an Ephod

9/ Why did the people want Gideon to rule over them? V22


 10/ Would it have been wrong for Gideon to accept this demand? Explain


 11/ What did Gideon understand about the true leader of Israel? V23 see Duet 17:16


12/ What was the problem with the Ephod ( an item of clothing ) Gideon made out of the plunder donations given as he requested?

13/Why do people become distracted from worshipping the true God with idols?


Looking at verses 28-35 Gideon dies

14/ How long did the land enjoy peace under Gideon


 15/ How old was Gideon when he died? See verse 32


 16/ What did the Israelites do soon after his death? v’s 32-35


 17/ What lessons can we note from this turning away from God?