Gideon
PersonA Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.6.11) referred to as Gideon (גִּדְעוֹן), or Jerubbaal (יְרֻבַּ֫עַל), or Jerubbesheth (יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת), or Gideon (Γεδεών); a son of Joash; father of Jether, Abimelech and Jotham.
Their thread through Scripture
- Judges 6:11
Yahweh’s angel came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.