: powerful, mighty warrior
: great destroyer
: a hero of Israel who won battles though skillful planning and faith, rather than strength of arms alone
: a judge and conqueror of the Midianites
: example of a man of faith
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" The angel appeared and spoke to Gideon,
“The Lord is helping you, and you are a strong warrior.”
Gideon answered, “Please don’t take this wrong, but if the Lord is helping us, then why have all of these awful things happened? We’ve heard how the Lord performed miracles and rescued our ancestors from Egypt. But those things happened long ago. Now the Lord has abandoned us to the Midianites.”
Then the Lord himself said, “Gideon, you will be strong, because I am giving you the power to rescue Israel from the Midianites.”
Gideon replied, “But how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest one in Manasseh, and everyone else in my family is more important than I am.”
“Gideon,” the Lord answered, “you can rescue Israel because I am going to help you! Defeating the Midianites will be as easy as beating up one man.”
- Judges 6:12-16 (Contemporary English Version)
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