Judges 6:24

And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it The peace of the Lord, until this day, as it is still in Ephratha of the father of Esdri.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

In Context

23And the Lord said to him, Peace be to thee, fear not, thou shalt not die.

25And it came to pass in that night, that the Lord said to him, Take the young bullock which thy father has, even the second bullock of seven years old, and thou shalt destroy the altar of Baal which thy father has, and the grove which is by it thou shalt destroy.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:8And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Bæthel, and there he pitched his tent in Bæthel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 33:20And he set up there an altar, and called on the God of Israel.

Joshua 22:10And they came to Galaad of Jordan, which is in the land of Chanaan: and the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to look at.

Judges 8:27And Gedeon made an ephod of it, and set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went thither a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling-block to Gedeon and his house.

Judges 21:4And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose up early, and built there an altar, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and + 21:4 See chap 20. 26.peace-offerings.

1 Samuel 14:35And Saul built an altar there to the Lord: this was the first altar that Saul built to the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:12-25

The Call of Gideon. ( b. c. 1249.) 11 And there came an angel of the Lord , and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,… Read the whole commentary →

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