Gideon's Spring, Harod Spring, Israel, Jezreel Valley, Gideon Defeats the Midianites Bible Story

Historical Background
1. The period of the Judges saw the nation of Israel experience many cycles of obedience and disobedience.
2. They would walk with God for a bit and then fall away.
3. One verse is repeated several times in the book of the Judges that summarizes the mentality of their day: "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (Judges 17:6, 21:25).
4. In order to bring the nation of Israel back to Himself, God would send them oppressors to make their lives difficult.
5. As a result, the Israelites would look to the Lord and He would send them a deliverer, or also known as a Judge.
6. Gideon was one of these deliverers that God raised up to deliver the Israelites out of the hand of the Midianites who were oppressing Israel at that time.
7. There were a total of 13 Judges or Deliverers in the book of Judges.
8. Gideon was the 6th Judge.

Places of Interest
1. Hill of Moreh: Hill area where the Midianites camped.
2. Midianite Camp
3. Jezreel Valley
4. Battle Area
5. Gideon’s Spring: Area where Gideon chose 300 men for battle.
6. Gilboa Mountains: Where the Israelites hid out in.
7. Hankin House Museum: Located above spring entrance.

Gideon’s Spring in the Bible
1. God gave the Israelites into the hands of the Midianites because they abandoned and disobeyed Him (Judges 6:1–6).
2. God hears the prayers of the Israelites and decides to deliver them (
Judges 6:7–10).
3. God visits Gideon through an angel and chooses to deliver the Israelites through him (Judges 6:11–12).
4. Gideon responds by saying that his family was the least in the tribe of Manasseh