By : Kathryn, Agnes, Josh, Jarrett, Michael

Israelites praise other gods, God sends down judge, judge saves them, judge dies, repeat kathryn

The Israelites served the Baal’s. They forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped other gods. They provoked the Lord in anger. Michael

We thought that Gideon was trying to be certain that God was going to be with Him as He saved Israel. To see if God was really God. jarrett

The vow was to not eat or drink grapes, cut his hair, go a near dead body. He broke his vow by cutting his hair. josh

It summarizes it because everyone was doing what they wanted when they wanted and where they wanted. In the next books everyone is just doing what they wanted to do agnes

salvation disobedience josh

 Gideon - Helped save the Israelites  God- Is, well, God?  Samson- He had promised god that if he never cut his hair, never ate grapes and didn't look or get near dead people.  Baals people - The people who believed in Baal.  Dan- Had an idolatry. kathryn

Michael Dans idolatry Samson cuts his hair