16-01
How did the Israelites disobey God after Joshua died?
They did not drive out the Canaanites, and they worshiped the Canaanite gods instead of Yahweh, the true God.
16-02
How did God punish the Israelites for their disobedience?
God allowed their enemies to defeat them.
16-03
How did God respond when the Israelites cried out for help?
He provided a deliverer who rescued them and brought peace to the land.
16-05
What was Gideon doing when the angel of Yahweh came to him?
Gideon was threshing grain secretly so the Midianites would not steal it.
16-09
What two signs did God do to prove that he would save Israel through Gideon?
God made the morning dew fall only on the sheepskin and not the ground, and then the dew fell only on the ground and not the sheepskin.
16-10
Why did Gideon send home all except 300 of the soldiers?
He sent them home because God told him he had too many men.
16-11
What additional sign did God give Gideon so he would not be afraid?
Gideon heard a Midianite soldier tell of his dream that Gideon’s army would defeat the Midianite army.
What did Gideon do when he heard the Midianite soldier’s dream?
He worshiped God.
16-13
How did Gideon and his men attack the Midianites?
They surrounded the Midianite camp, broke their pots to reveal their torches, and blew their horns and shouted, “A sword for Yahweh and for Gideon.”
16-14
What did God do to help Gideon defeat the Midianites?
God confused the Midianites so they attacked and killed each other.
16-16
What did Gideon do that later led the people to return to idol worship?
He made a special garment of gold that the people later began to worship as an idol.
16-17
What did the Israelites do many times?
The Israelites would sin, God would punish them, they would repent, and God would send a deliverer to save them.
16-18
Why did the people ask God for a king?
All the other nations had kings, and the Israelites wanted someone to lead them into battle.
How did God answer their request?
He gave them a king, just as they had asked.