Gideon Gideon Gideon () or Gedeon, also named Jerubbaal, and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in chapters 6 to 8 of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh and lived in Ephra (Ophrah). As a leader of the Israelites, he won a decisive victory over a Midianite army despite a vast numerical disadvantage, leading a troop of 300 'valiant' men. The nineteenth-century Strong's Concordance derives the name "Jerubbaal" from "Baal will contend", in
Gideon of Scotland Yard Andrew Ray (PC Simon Farnaby-Green). The film was released by Columbia Pictures and is only loosely based on the book of the same title. Ford treats it as a comedy-melodrama, whereas the book is a more serious and straightforward procedural. A 26-part TV series "Gideon's Way" (USA title: "Gideon C.I.D.") was made in 1964, starring John Gregson, which ran until 1966 in the UK, produced by ITC Entertainment. "Gideon at Work" (1957) Three Volumes in one, "Gideon's Day", "Gideon's Week", "Gideon's Night" The series was continued after Creasey's death by William Vivian Butler: Gideon of Scotland Yard Commander George Gideon