{"id":35547,"count":1,"description":"Gideon or Gedeon (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05df, Modern\u00a0Gid'on Tiberian\u00a0Gi\u1e0f\u02bb\u00f4n), which means \"Destroyer,\" \"Mighty warrior,\" or \"Feller (of trees)\" was judge of the Hebrews. His story is recorded in chapters 6 to 8 of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. Judges 6\u20138. He is also named in chapter 11 of the Epistle to the Hebrews as an example of a man of faith.\nGideon is the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh.\nAs is the pattern throughout the book of Judges, the Israelites again turned away from God after 40 years of peace brought by Deborah's victory over Canaan and were allowed to be oppressed by the neighboring Midianites and Amalekites. God chose Gideon, a young man from the tribe of Manasseh, to free the people of Israel and to condemn their worship of idols.\nVery unsure of both himself and God's command, he requested proof of God's will by three miracles: firstly a sign from an angel in Judges 6:16ff, and then two signs involving a fleece, performed on consecutive...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/gideon\/","name":"Gideon","slug":"gideon","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/35547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=35547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}