Tor the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel. -- Hebrews 11:32
The author of Hebrews provides a list of heroes of faith, which includes Gideon, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel. These are those that all good Christians should emulate.
To help them with that, I thought I'd provide a list of their heroic actions, so they can go and do likewise.
- Gideon
- Gave God some really weird tests. Judges 6:36-40
- Selected for his army the men who lapped water like a dog. (This test was proposed by God.) Judges 7:4-7
- Tortured prisoners of war and civilians with thorns and briers. Judges 8:7, 16-17
- Ordered his young son to kill prisoners of war, and then did it himself when his son refused. Judges 8:20-22
- Made an ephod that "all of Israel ... went whoring after." Judges 8:27
- Had many wives and concubines.Judges 8:30
- Selected for his army the men who lapped water like a dog. (This test was proposed by God.) Judges 7:4-7
- Jephthah
- Sacrificed his daughter to God as a burnt offering. Judges 11:30-39
- Samson
- Killed things whenever "the Spirit of the Lord" came upon
him. Judges 14:5-6, 19,
15:14-15
- Caught 300 foxes, tied their tails together, and set them on fire. Judges 15:4-5
- Saw a harlot and "went in unto her." Judges 16:1
- Collapsed a building and killed 3000 people. Judges 16:27-30
- Caught 300 foxes, tied their tails together, and set them on fire. Judges 15:4-5
- David
- Bought his first wife with 200 Philistine foreskins. 1 Samuel 18:25-27
- Killed all Amalekite men and women. 1 Samuel 27:8-11
- Had many wives and concubines. 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 5:13, 1 Chronicles 14:3
- Commanded his young men to kill Saul's sons, cut off their hands and feet, and hang their bodies up over a pool in Hebron. 2 Samuel 4:6-12
- Danced naked, or nearly naked, in front of God and everyone. 2 Samuel 6:14, 20-23
- Committed adultery with Bathsheba and then had her husband killed in battle. (To punish David for this, God killed the Bathsheba's baby boy.) 2 Samuel 11:2-27, 12:13-18
- Tortured the Ammonites with fire, saws, and axes. 2 Samuel 12:31, 1 Chronicles 20:3
- Killed all Amalekite men and women. 1 Samuel 27:8-11
- Samuel
- Told Saul that God commanded him to kill all of the Amalekites: men, women, infants, sucklings, ox, sheep, camels, and asses. 1 Samuel 15:2-3
- Told Saul that he was rejected by God as King of Israel for failing to commit genocide. 1 Samuel 15:22-23
- To please God, Samuel hacks Agag in pieces "before the Lord." 1 Samuel 15:32-33
- Told Saul that he was rejected by God as King of Israel for failing to commit genocide. 1 Samuel 15:22-23
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