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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Jerubbaal (Judge living before Israel's Monarchy)
"Let Baal contend." Gideon got the name after he pulled down his father's altar to Baal and nothing happened to him, so the name is a taunt at a god who could not answer.
First, in plain English
"Let Baal contend." Gideon got the name after he pulled down his father's altar to Baal and nothing happened to him, so the name is a taunt at a god who could not answer.
Who this is
Jerubbaal was the name given to Gideon after he tore down his father's altar to Baal, meaning let Baal contend, a taunting title celebrating Baal's failure to punish Gideon for the act.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H3378
Where it appears
- Judges 6:32
- Judges 7:1
- Judges 8:29
- Judges 8:35
- Judges 9:1
- Judges 9:2
- Judges 9:5
- Judges 9:16
- Judges 9:19
- Judges 9:24
- Judges 9:28
- Judges 9:57
- 1 Samuel 12:11
