Provoked

The Surprise Attack - Judges 8:1 – 8:12 (commentary)

Gideon called Ephraim to capture the two famous princes which he did (vv. 1-3). But the men of Ephraim were provoked! It is so easy for the flesh to act even in the midst of victory. Gideon could have “told them off” but he didn’t. He practiced Proverbs 15:1 which s …