Talk:Gideon (Bible)
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I just want to note that the mistaken phrase "Manasseh, son of Joseph with the Midianite Zipporah" first crept into the entry on Oct. 13, 2004.
Since so many other Gideon meanings were cluttering up the article, I put them in the main Gideon entry and removed the redirect. If the main entry had been Gideon (rather than Gideon (Judges)) I probably would have made a disambiguation page instead. I also removed all the people -- none of them have entries and only the former mayor could arguably have been notable, but even then most entries are concerned with full names, not just the first name. FunnyYetTasty 09:47, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Someone needs to update the Succession box at the bottom. OneWeirdDude 23:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] References
Shouldn't there be some references here? If so, I'll throw up the citations tag. Useless Fodder 03:02, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- Since there are no answers, I'm putting it up. Useless Fodder 17:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] On The Killing Of The Midianite Kings
- It has become questionable to some, as to whether Gideon's killing of the two Midianite kings was within God's will. It can be proven however, that the deaths were in fact supported by Levitican Law. The Bible states that by law one who is guilty of murder, may take refuge in one of the appointed cities of refuge[1]. But, if one guilty of murder exits the city of refuge before the high priest of the time has died, then he may be killed at any time without the killer being guilty of murder[2].
- The Midianite kings were clearly guilty for the deaths of Gideon's brothers at Mt. Tabor[3]. Since the kings were not found in one of the cities of refuge, but rather fleeing Gideon's army; then it was Gideon's responsibility, by law, to avenge the deaths of his brothers[4].
I have removed the above section as original research. The laws pertaining to the cities of refuge applied only to Israelite citizens, and so the argument presented is not valid. If someone can find an external, independent source for the claim that the city of refuge laws applied to this case, feel free to restore the paragraph, but in the interests of npov please change "it can be proven" to "there are those who claim" with a citation for your source. Robin S 16:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
