# Gideon

## Facts

Gideon was an Israelite man whom God raised up to deliver Israel from their enemies.

* Gideon lived during the time, many years after the Israelites moved into Canaan, when a group of people called the Midianites kept attacking them.
* Gideon was very fearful of the Midianites, but God used him to lead the Israelites to fight against the Midianites and defeat them.