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?