Tricky Judges 6 Quiz Questions and Answers

Answer 1: C: The angel greeted Gideon as “thou mighty man of valour” (v12). “Least in thy father’s house” were Gideon’s own words about himself in verse 15, not the angel’s greeting.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:12 (KJV): “And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.”

Answer 2: E: Gideon was called Jerubbaal, meaning Baal should plead against him for the broken altar (v32). Jehovahshalom was the name of the altar he had built in verse 24, not a name given to Gideon.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:32 (KJV): “Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.”

Answer 3: B: The Lord delivered Israel into the hand of Midian for seven years (v1). Ten belongs to the ten servants who later helped throw down Baal’s altar in verse 27, not to the years of oppression.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:1 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 4: A: Gideon named the altar Jehovahshalom (v24). Jerubbaal was the name later given to Gideon himself in verse 32, not to the altar.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:24 (KJV): “Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.”

Answer 5: D: The invaders came “as grasshoppers for multitude,” with camels without number (v5). The text uses grasshoppers for the comparison, not sand or locusts.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:5 (KJV): “For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.”

Answer 6: E: Gideon said his family was poor in Manasseh and he was the least in his father’s house (v15). He claimed the lowest place, not the greatest family.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:15 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 7: C: After the Spirit came upon him, Gideon blew a trumpet and Abiezer gathered to him (v34). Throwing down Baal’s altar happened earlier, in verses 25 to 27, before this gathering.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:34 (KJV): “But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.”

Answer 8: B: When Israel cried out, the Lord first sent a prophet (v8). The angel of the Lord came afterward to Gideon in verse 11, so the angel is the tempting wrong choice.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:8 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 9: D: When the angel touched the offering, fire rose out of the rock and consumed it (v21). No water or cloud is mentioned; the sign was fire.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:21 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 10: E: The invaders destroyed the produce of the land as far as Gaza (v4). Jezreel was where the armies later pitched in verse 33, not the limit of the destruction.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:4 (KJV): “And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.”

Answer 11: A: Gideon acted by night because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city (v27). Hiding from Midian describes his threshing earlier in verse 11, not why he tore down the altar at night.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:27 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 12: C: Gideon was threshing wheat by the winepress to hide it from Midian when the angel came (v11). Offering the kid on the rock came later in the encounter, in verses 19 to 21.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:11 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 13: B: In the first sign Gideon asked for dew on the fleece only while the ground stayed dry (v37). The reverse, a dry fleece with dew on the ground, was the second sign in verses 39 and 40.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:37 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 14: E: The Lord promised Gideon would smite the Midianites “as one man” (v16). The text gives this phrase, not victory by fire or in a single day.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:16 (KJV): “And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.”

Answer 15: D: Israel made dens, caves, and strong holds in the mountains because of Midian (v2). The text lists these hiding places, not walls or towers.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:2 (KJV): “And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.”

Answer 16: A: The Lord told Gideon to take his father’s second bullock of seven years old (v25). The kid was what Gideon prepared earlier as a present for the angel in verse 19, not the offering at the altar.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:25 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 17: A: Joash answered that if Baal were a god, let him plead for himself (v31). He did not offer proof or surrender his son; he turned the demand back on Baal.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:31 (KJV): “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 18: B: Gideon prepared a kid and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour (v19). The text names a kid, not a lamb or a ram.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:19 (KJV): “And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.”

Answer 19: E: The oak stood in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite (v11). Jezreel was the valley where the enemy later camped in verse 33, not the place of the oak.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:11 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 20: C: After Manasseh, Gideon sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali (v35). The other tribes listed are not named in this chapter.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:35 (KJV): “And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.”

Answer 21: D: The Lord told Gideon, “Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel” (v14). Throwing down Baal’s altar was a later command in verse 25, not this first charge.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:14 (KJV): “And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?”

Answer 22: B: The men of the city demanded Joash bring out his son to die (v30). They wanted his death for casting down Baal’s altar, not payment or rebuilding.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:30 (KJV): “Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.”

Answer 23: E: The Lord reassured Gideon, “Peace be unto thee… thou shalt not die” (v23), after he feared for seeing the angel face to face. “I am with thee” echoes the earlier promise in verse 16 but is not what was said here.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:23 (KJV): “And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.”

Answer 24: A: The Midianites and their allies pitched in the valley of Jezreel (v33). Ophrah was Gideon’s home town in verse 11, not the enemy camp.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:33 (KJV): “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.”

Answer 25: C: Along with the altar of Baal, Gideon was to cut down the grove beside it (v25). The oak in Ophrah from verse 11 was not commanded to be cut down.
KJV Reference: Judges 6:25 (KJV): “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.”