Archives for April 2022

“Now Zevach and Tzalmuna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all that remained of the entire army of the people from the east; since 120,000 arms-bearing soldiers had fallen.”-Judges 8:10 Let’s talk for a second about the names of the two Midianite leaders Gideon was chasing down. The Scripture calls them Zevah […]

“In Sukkot he asked the people there, ‘Please give some loaves of bread to the men following me, because they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zevach and Tzalmuna the kings of Midyan.’But the chiefs of Sukkot said, ‘You haven’t captured Zevach and Tzalmuna yet, so why should we give bread to your army?’Gid‘on said: […]

“By now Gid‘on and his three hundred men had come to the Yarden and crossed over. They were exhausted but were still pursuing the enemy.”-Judges 8:4 In verse 4 of Judges Chapter 8, we’re told that although Gideon and his men were still in a state of exhaustion, they continued to pursue the enemy. The […]

“But the men of Efrayim complained to Gid‘on, ‘Why didn’t you call on us when you went to fight Midyan? Why did you treat us this way?” They were sharp in their criticism.  He answered by saying to them, ‘How can what I have done be compared with what you have done? Aren’t the grapes […]

When we last left off, Gideon was in the process of being chewed out by his Ephraim brethren. Remember Ephraim was the top dog tribe in the Promised Land. They wielded tremendous power and influence. A perfect case in point is to consider that Shiloh and Bethel, the two most revered and sacred places in […]