28 Bible Trivia Questions About Gideon

Gideon was threshing wheat in hiding when the angel of the Lord called him to save Israel. See how much you know about the judge who beat Midian with three hundred men.

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    What was the battle cry of Gideon's army?

    Answer: B. A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!Judges 7:20
    And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
  2. Question 2Easy

    What object did Gideon use to test God's will?

    Answer: B. A wool fleeceJudges 6:37
    Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
  3. Question 3Easy

    What type of common, everyday vessel was broken by Gideon's men to reveal their hidden torches?

    Answer: A. Empty clay pitchers (jars)Judges 7:16
    And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

Medium questions

  1. Question 4Medium

    What was the name of Gideon's son by his concubine in Shechem?

    Answer: B. AbimelechJudges 8:31
    And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
  2. Question 5Medium

    Where did all the Midianites and Amalekites camp when they crossed the Jordan?

    Answer: B. Valley of JezreelJudges 6:33
    Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
  3. Question 6Medium

    What name was Gideon given after he destroyed the altar of Baal?

    Answer: A. JerubbaalJudges 6:32
    Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
  4. Question 7Medium

    Why did God say Gideon had too many men?

    Answer: D. Israel would boast that their own strength saved themJudges 7:2
    And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
  5. Question 8Medium

    Who were Zebah and Zalmunna?

    Answer: B. Kings of MidianJudges 8:18
    Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
  6. Question 9Medium

    Why did Gideon destroy the altar at night?

    Answer: B. He was afraid of his family and the townspeopleJudges 6:27
    Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
  7. Question 10Medium

    What was the first task God commanded Gideon to do on the night after his calling?

    Answer: A. Tear down his father's altar to BaalJudges 6:25
    And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
  8. Question 11Medium

    Which nation oppressed Israel for seven years during the time of Gideon?

    Answer: C. MidianJudges 6:1
    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
  9. Question 12Medium

    What test did God use to select the final 300 men for Gideon's army?

    Answer: A. How they drank waterJudges 7:5
    So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
  10. Question 13Medium

    What did Gideon make from the gold earrings of the plunder?

    Answer: A. An ephodJudges 8:27
    And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
  11. Question 14Medium

    What excuse did Gideon give for why he couldn't save Israel?

    Answer: D. His clan was the weakest in ManassehJudges 6:15
    And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
  12. Question 15Medium

    Where was Gideon threshing wheat to hide it from the Midianites?

    Answer: C. In a winepressJudges 6:11
    And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
  13. Question 16Medium

    When the Israelites asked Gideon to rule over them, what was his response?

    Answer: C. The Lord will rule over youJudges 8:23
    And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
  14. Question 17Medium

    What was the weight of the gold rings Gideon requested?

    Answer: A. 1,700 shekelsJudges 8:26
    And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
  15. Question 18Medium

    Why were the men of Ephraim angry with Gideon?

    Answer: B. Because he didn't call them to fight initiallyJudges 8:1
    And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
  16. Question 19Medium

    In the dream Gideon overheard, what object rolled into the Midianite camp?

    Answer: A. A loaf of barley breadJudges 7:13
    And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
  17. Question 20Medium

    How many sons did Gideon have?

    Answer: C. 70Judges 8:30
    And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

Hard questions

  1. Question 21Hard

    After Gideon died, which god did the Israelites set up as their covenant god?

    Answer: A. Baal-BerithJudges 8:33
    And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
  2. Question 22Hard

    To which prophet did the Lord send Israel before calling Gideon?

    Answer: C. Unnamed prophetJudges 6:8
    That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
  3. Question 23Hard

    Why did Gideon's son Jether not draw his sword to kill the kings?

    Answer: D. He was afraid because he was only a boyJudges 8:20
    And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
  4. Question 24Hard

    What happened when the angel touched Gideon's offering with his staff?

    Answer: D. Fire flared from the rock and consumed itJudges 6:21
    Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
  5. Question 25Hard

    Which town refused to give bread to Gideon's weary army?

    Answer: A. SuccothJudges 8:5
    And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
  6. Question 26Hard

    How many men originally gathered for Gideon's army before God sent the fearful ones home?

    Answer: C. 32,000Judges 7:3
    Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
  7. Question 27Hard

    The men chosen for Gideon's army were those who got down on their knees to drink.

    Answer: FalseJudges 7:6-7
    And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
  8. Question 28Hard

    Who defended Gideon when the townspeople wanted to kill him for destroying the altar of Baal?

    Answer: C. His father JoashJudges 6:31
    And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

Answer key

  1. B. A sword for the Lord and for Gideon! (Judges 7:20)
  2. B. A wool fleece (Judges 6:37)
  3. A. Empty clay pitchers (jars) (Judges 7:16)
  4. B. Abimelech (Judges 8:31)
  5. B. Valley of Jezreel (Judges 6:33)
  6. A. Jerubbaal (Judges 6:32)
  7. D. Israel would boast that their own strength saved them (Judges 7:2)
  8. B. Kings of Midian (Judges 8:18)
  9. B. He was afraid of his family and the townspeople (Judges 6:27)
  10. A. Tear down his father's altar to Baal (Judges 6:25)
  11. C. Midian (Judges 6:1)
  12. A. How they drank water (Judges 7:5)
  13. A. An ephod (Judges 8:27)
  14. D. His clan was the weakest in Manasseh (Judges 6:15)
  15. C. In a winepress (Judges 6:11)
  16. C. The Lord will rule over you (Judges 8:23)
  17. A. 1,700 shekels (Judges 8:26)
  18. B. Because he didn't call them to fight initially (Judges 8:1)
  19. A. A loaf of barley bread (Judges 7:13)
  20. C. 70 (Judges 8:30)
  21. A. Baal-Berith (Judges 8:33)
  22. C. Unnamed prophet (Judges 6:8)
  23. D. He was afraid because he was only a boy (Judges 8:20)
  24. D. Fire flared from the rock and consumed it (Judges 6:21)
  25. A. Succoth (Judges 8:5)
  26. C. 32,000 (Judges 7:3)
  27. False (Judges 7:6-7)
  28. C. His father Joash (Judges 6:31)
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Who was Gideon?

Gideon was a judge of Israel at a time when the Midianites raided the land at every harvest. The angel of the Lord found him threshing wheat by the winepress to hide it and told him, "The LORD is with thee" (Judges 6:11–12). Gideon tore down his father's altar to Baal, and then asked God for a sign with a fleece of wool, first wet while the ground was dry and then dry while the ground was wet (Judges 6:36–40).

God cut Gideon's army from thousands down to three hundred men, chosen by the way they drank water (Judges 7:7). At night they surrounded the Midianite camp with trumpets and lamps hidden inside empty pitchers, then broke the pitchers and cried, "The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon" (Judges 7:20). The enemy fled in confusion. Afterward Gideon refused to be king, saying that the Lord would rule over them (Judges 8:23).

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