After Gideon's encounter with Melek Yahweh was over he screamed and sobbed and fell to the ground.
Why ?
Some people think that Gideon's theology would suggest that now he had seen God face to face, he must die [Exodus 33:20], although Abraham, Joshua and many others witnessed the Lord and lived to tell the tale.
Others suggest that Gideon, much like Isaiah and Job, was now suddenly aware of his own sinfulness.
Judges 6 : 25&26
This was a BIG task. A 20 man swat team would struggle to demolish the alter of baal in one night.
[A baal alter was found at Megiddo which measured some 26 feet across and 4 1/2 feet high. Made of many stones, cemented together by mud, such an alter would constitute an immense task to destroy and carry away - LEON WOOD]
So Gideon selected some helpers, family servants, hired-help.
This suggests 2 things . . .
*His paid servants were obviously trust worthy.
*He had no friends he could call on for help.
Thats a bit sad.
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