CHAPTER VIII. 429 extraordinary judges? A. Ehud and Shamgar, Deborah and Gideon, Jephthah and Sampson and Samuel. 42. Q. Who was Ehud ? A, A man of Benjamin, who delivered Israel from the oppression of Eglon king of Moab ; Judges iii. 12, 15. 43. Q. How did he deliver them ? A. By bringing a present to Eglon, and then stabbing him with adagger ; Judges iii. 16, 17. 44. Q. What slid Shamgar do toward their deliverance ? A. He rescued Israel front the oppression of the Philistines, and slew six hundred of them with an ox's goad ; Judges iii. 31. 45. Q. Who was Deborah ? A. She was a woman, a prophetess, who delivered Israel from the tyranny of Jabin king of Canaan, who had nine hundred chariotsof irón ; Judges iv. 2 -4. 46. Q. How did she deliver Israel from his hand ? A. She sent forth Barak to battle against him, who routed his army, which was commanded by Sisera his general; Judges iv. 5. 47. Q. How was iserä slain ? A. By the hand of Jeel, a woman, who when he came to rest himself in her tent, drove a nail into his temples ; Judges iv. 18-22. 48. Q. Who wasGideon ? A. The son of Joash ; he was calledby an angel, or by God himself, to destroy the worship of Baal, and to deliver Israel from the hands of the Midianites; Judges vi. 1114. Note. Gideon had sufficient evidence that this was was a message from God himself, for the angel talked with him ; and when Gideon had fetched some flesh and cakes to entertain him, the angel bid him lay them upon a rock, and pour out the broth upon them, then with one end of his rod the angel touched them; and fire aroseand consumed them: 49. Q. How did he begin his work? A. He first threw down the altar of Baal the idol by night, and cut down the idol- atrous grove, and then offereda sacrifice to the Lord, according to theOrder he had received fromGod ; Judges vi. 25-28. 50. Q. What further sign did :God give him of success ? A. At his request God made a fleece of wool wet, when the -. ground all round it was dry; and again, he made a fleece of wool dry, when the groundwas wet ; Judges vi. 36-40. 51. Q. How many men did God appoint for Gideon's army? A. Out of thirty-two thousand' he appointed but three hundred men ; Judges vii. 3, 6, 7. 52. Q. How. did three hundred men conquer Midian ? A. Each of them, by Gideon's order, took a trumpet ; and a pitcher with a lamp in it, and coming at midnight on the camp of the Midianites, they .broke their pitchers, and frighted them with .a E e3
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