Gideon's 300 Quiz
God shrank an army to just 300 so the victory would clearly be his. See how much you remember about Judges 7. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!
- Who were oppressing Israel?
- The Midianites
- The Egyptians
- The Romans
- Why did God say the army was too many?
- Israel would boast
- Not enough food
- Too slow
- How were the fearful men treated?
- Sent home
- Given swords
- Made leaders
- How did God make the final cut?
- By how they drank water
- By height
- By age
- How many men were left?
- Three hundred
- One thousand
- Ten
- Whom did God promise to defeat by them?
- The Midianites
- The Philistines
- The Egyptians
- What did each man carry?
- A trumpet and a torch
- A sword only
- A shield
- Where were the torches hidden?
- In clay jars
- In bags
- Under cloaks
- What did the men shout?
- The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon
- Victory
- Run
- Why did God shrink the army?
- So the victory was clearly his
- To save food
- By accident
Gideon's 300 Quiz Answers & Bible References
Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.
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Who were oppressing Israel?
The Midianites
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Judges 7:1 (KJV) -
Why did God say the army was too many?
Israel would boast
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.
Judges 7:2 (KJV) -
How were the fearful men treated?
Sent home
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.
Judges 7:3 (KJV) -
How did God make the final cut?
By how they drank water
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.
Judges 7:5 (KJV) -
How many men were left?
Three hundred
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.
Judges 7:7 (KJV) -
Whom did God promise to defeat by them?
The Midianites
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.
Judges 7:7 (KJV) -
What did each man carry?
A trumpet and a torch
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.
Judges 7:16 (KJV) -
Where were the torches hidden?
In clay jars
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.
Judges 7:16 (KJV) -
What did the men shout?
The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon
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.
Judges 7:20 (KJV) -
Why did God shrink the army?
So the victory was clearly his
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.
Judges 7:2 (KJV)