Quiz on Gideon (10 Questions and Answers)

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A quiz on Gideon: the angel, the fleece, the 300 men, the jars and the victory over Midian.

1. Into whose hand did God give Israel for seven years?
   Answer: Midian
   The Lord gave Israel into the hand of Midian for seven years (Judges 6:1).
2. What were the Midianites who ravaged the land compared to?
   Answer: A swarm of locusts
   They came like locusts in number, and they and their camels could not be counted (Judges 6:5).
3. How does Gideon describe himself before the angel?
   Answer: The least in his father's house
   His clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and he is the youngest in his father's house (Judges 6:15).
4. What does Gideon tear down by night at God's command?
   Answer: His father's altar of Baal
   By night, fearing the townspeople, he pulls down the altar of Baal and cuts down the Asherah (Judges 6:25-27).
5. What does Gideon lay on the threshing floor to ask God for a sign?
   Answer: A fleece of wool
   Gideon puts a fleece of wool on the threshing floor to know whether God will save Israel by his hand (Judges 6:37).
6. How many men remain after the fearful ones leave?
   Answer: Ten thousand
   Twenty-two thousand men return home, and ten thousand remain (Judges 7:3).
7. How many men does God keep with Gideon?
   Answer: Three hundred
   Only three hundred men, those who lapped water with their hands, are kept (Judges 7:6).
8. What does Gideon give to each of the three hundred men?
   Answer: Trumpets and jars with torches inside
   He gives them trumpets and empty jars, with torches inside the jars (Judges 7:16).
9. Which Midianite leaders do the men of Ephraim capture?
   Answer: Oreb and Zeeb
   The men of Ephraim capture two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb (Judges 7:25).
10. How long was the land at peace in Gideon's lifetime?
    Answer: Forty years
    Midian was subdued, and the land had rest for forty years (Judges 8:28).