Bedan is a figure mentioned in Samuel's speech to the people of Israel, where he is counted among the deliverers God sent to rescue Israel from their enemies. His identity is disputed; some scholars identify him with Barak or Samson, while others see him as a separate judge. He is also mentioned in 1 Chronicles as a descendant of Manasseh.
Avaintapahtumat
Mentioned in Samuel's farewell speech
Samuel mentions Bedan as one of the deliverers God sent to rescue Israel from their enemies, along with Jerubbaal (Gideon) and Jephthah.
In 1 Chronicles, a Bedan is mentioned as the son of Ulam, a descendant of Machir, the son of Manasseh. It is uncertain whether this is the same person.
Samuel's speech places Bedan in the line of God's chosen instruments who delivered Israel during the time of the judges, and shows God's faithfulness to His people despite their unfaithfulness.
9But they forgot the LORD their God, so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
10Then they cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.'
12But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me, 'No, a king must reign over us'—though the LORD your God was your king.
10Then they cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.'