Part 10

Part 9 – Chapter 8:1- 25

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

1. How 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).

3.What is the reason behind them saying no? v6.

 4.What does that response imply about them and their thinking?

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

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

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

 8.What decided the fate of Zebah and Zalmunna? See verse 18-19

 9.What do you think is the spiritual lessons of these events?

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

1O.Why did the people want Gideon to rule over them? V22

 11.Would it have been wrong for Gideon to accept this demand? Explain see Duet 17:16

 12.What did Gideon understand about the true leader of Israel? V23

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

14.Why do people become distracted from worshipping the true God with idols?

 Looking at verses 28-35 Gideon dies

15.How long did the land enjoy peace under Gideon

 16.How old was Gideon when he died? See verse 32

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

 18.What lessons can we note from this turning away from God?