Gideon had come a long way since Judges 6:11. When we first met him, he was a timid Israelite threshing his grain in a winepress for fear of the Midianites. When we last left him in Judges 8, he was an angry man killing Zebah and Zalmunna, the two Midianite princes, and destroying two Israelite […]
There is no direct reference to the angel of the Lord by that name or title in the book of Joshua. However, there is a record of “a man . . . with a drawn sword in his hand” who confronts Joshua as he contemplates his attack on the city of Jericho. The man identifies […]