Gustave Doré1866

Gideon Chooses 300 Soldiers

At the Lord's direction Gideon narrows his army by the way the men drink at the water, keeping only the three hundred who lap from their hands (Judges 7). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Gideon Chooses 300 Soldiers by Gustave Doré depicting Judges 7:5
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Depicted passages

Judges 7:5-7Primary
Portrait of Gustave Doré

About Gustave Doré

1832-1883 · French

Paul Gustave Doré was a prolific French illustrator whose 241 wood engravings for "La Grande Bible de Tours" (1866) became the most influential visual interpretation of scripture of the 19th century.

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