Gideon

Judge called from fear to deliver Israel from Midian, later entangled in compromised legacy

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INTERPRETIVE PORTRAIT · NO RECOVERED LIKENESS

THEIR WORK WITHIN THE STORY

Threshing grain in concealment before his call

Interpretive reconstruction. Scripture supplies the role and setting; no recovered likeness exists, and clothing, face, posture, and moment remain artistic decisions.

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FIRST APPEARANCE

Judges 6:11

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PRIMARY PASSAGES

Judges 6-9

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Hebrews 11:32

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PLACES

Ophrah Jezreel Valley Succoth Penuel

RELATIONSHIPS

Joash Abimelech The three hundred

WORK WORLD · INTERPRETIVE ILLUSTRATION

BUILD THE WORLD AROUND THE NAME

Field, grain, household labor, hospitality, and daily bread

A person profile becomes shallow when work, tools, food, weather, household, economy, power, and community disappear. This companion scene restores that material world without pretending it photographs Gideon.

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