Story 16: The Deliverers

Comprehension Questions and Answers

1. How did the Israelites disobey God after Joshua died? *They did not drive out the Canaanites, and worshiped the Canaanite gods instead of Yahweh, the true God. [16-01]
2. How did God punish the Israelites for their disobedience? *God allowed their enemies to defeat them. [16-02]
3. How did God respond when the Israelites cried out for help? *He provided a deliverer who rescued them and brought peace to the land. [16-03]
4. What was Gideon doing when the angel of Yahweh came to him? *Gideon was threshing grain secretly so the Midianites would not steal it. [16-05]
5. What two signs did God do to prove that he would save Israel through Gideon? *God made the morning dew fall only on the cloth and not the ground, and then the dew fell only on the ground and not the cloth. [16-08], [16-09]
6. Why did Gideon send home all except 300 of the soldiers? *Because God told him he had too many men. [16-10]
7. 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. [16-11]
8. What did Gideon do when he heard the Midianite soldier's dream? *He worshiped God. [16-11]
9. 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." [16-13]
10. What did God do to help Gideon defeat the Midianites? *God confused the Midianites so they attacked and killed each other. [16-14]
11. 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. [16-16]
12. What was the pattern that Israel repeated many times? *The Israelites would sin, God would punish them, they would repent, and God would send a deliverer to save them. [16-17]
13. Why did the people ask God for a king? *All the other nations had kings, and they wanted someone to lead them into battle. [16-18]
14. How did God answer their request? *He gave them a king just as they had asked. [16-18]

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