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THE SWORD OF JEHOVAH AND OF GIDEON
The Sword Of Jehovah And Of Gideon. When three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow, and they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
GIDEON’S THREE HUNDRED MEN
Gideon’s Three Hundred Men. And the LORD told Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped I will rescue you, and will hand over the Midianites to you. Let all the other people go, each man to his home.”
GIDEON DESTROYS THE ALTAR OF BAAL
Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal. Early the next morning when the men of the city got up, they discovered that the altar of Baal was torn down, and the Asherah which was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar which had been built. So they said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” When they searched about and inquired, they were told, “Gideon the son of Joash did it.”
A FARMER CALLED TO BE DELIVERER
A farmer called to be deliverer. Now the Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the wine press [instead of the threshing floor] to [hide it and] save it from the Midianites.
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, O brave man.”
AT THE MERCY OF MIDIAN
At the mercy of Midian. Then the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years.
THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES
The stars in their courses. “From the heavens the stars fought, From their courses they fought against Sisera.
THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK
The Song of Deborah and Barak. Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
“For the leaders who took the lead in Israel, For the people who volunteered [for battle], Bless the LORD!
“Hear, O kings; listen, O rulers! I will sing to the LORD, I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
JAEL WITH A HAMMER AND TENT PEG
Jael with a hammer and tent peg. But Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand, and came up quietly to him and drove the peg through his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.
DEBORAH AND BARAK AS JUDGES
Deborah and Barak. Now she sent word and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, “Behold, the LORD, the God of Israel, has commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men [of war] from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun.
DELIVERD FROM MESOPOTAMIAN OPPRESION
Delivered from mesopotamian oppression. the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.