1 Samuel 12:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD sent Gideon, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel to rescue you from your enemies, and you didn't have to worry about being attacked.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:5

by sending Israel a leader who rescued them from the Syrians, and the Israelites lived in peace as they had before.

1 Chronicles 7:17

Ulam was the father of Bedan. These were all descendants of Gilead, the son of Machir and the grandson of Manasseh.

Judges 4:6

One day, Barak the son of Abinoam was in Kedesh in Naphtali, and Deborah sent word for him to come and talk with her. When he arrived, she said: I have a message for you from the LORD God of Israel! You are to get together an army of ten thousand men from the Naphtali and Zebulun tribes and lead them to Mount Tabor.

Judges 6:14

Then the LORD himself said, “Gideon, you will be strong, because I am giving you the power to rescue Israel from the Midianites.”

Judges 6:31

The crowd pushed closer and closer, but Joash replied, “Are you trying to take revenge for Baal? Are you trying to rescue Baal? If you are, you will be the ones who are put to death, and it will happen before another day dawns. If Baal really is a god, let him take his own revenge on someone who tears down his altar.”

Judges 6:32

That same day, Joash changed Gideon's name to Jerubbaal, explaining, “He tore down Baal's altar, so let Baal take revenge himself.”

Judges 7:1

Early the next morning, Gideon and his army got up and moved their camp to Fear Spring. The Midianite camp was to the north, in the valley at the foot of Moreh Hill.

Judges 8:35

Besides all that, the Israelites were unkind to Gideon's family, even though Gideon had done so much for Israel.

1 Samuel 3:20

From the town of Dan in the north to the town of Beersheba in the south, everyone in the country knew that Samuel was truly the LORD's prophet.