Judges 6:32

Translations

Modern

So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.

Traditional

Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.

Literal

Therefore he called him on that day Jerubbaal, saying, “Let Baal plead against him because he has torn down his altar.”

Latin

Ex illo die vocatus est Gedeon Jerobaal, eo quod dixisset Joas: Ulciscatur se de eo Baal, qui suffodit aram ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.

Notes

Judges 6:25–32

In an act commanded by God, Gideon destroyed a community altar to Baal and its Asherah pole.

Judges 6:11–32

Gideon met the angel of the Lord and became a hero. He destroyed the mixed Baal religion of his family and town. He then called his people to fight for the Lord.

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon

Events

Deliverance by Gideonc. 1251 BC

Related verses

1 Samuel 12:11
So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
Judges 7:1
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
2 Samuel 11:21
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
Jeremiah 11:13
Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

People

Baal: Canaanite god, "Lord/God of the Covenant" Gideon: Judge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God

Glossary

Abiezer Abiezrite Amalek, Amalekites Armageddon Asher (Tribe) Gideon Gilead (Place) Jerubbaal Judges, Book of Midian, Midianite Numbers, Book of

Topics

Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun: Altars of, Destroyed by Gideon Decision: Gideon Iconoclasm: Destroyed by Gideon Judge: Gideon Persecution of Gideon Religious Zeal: Gideon

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