Judges 6:32

And he called it in that day Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead thereby, because his altar has been thrown down.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

31And Gideon the son of Joash said to all the men who rose up against him, Do ye now plead for Baal, or will ye save him? whoever will plead for him, let him be slain this morning: if he be a god let him plead for himself, because one has thrown down his altar.

33And all Midian, and Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered themselves together, and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:11And he sent Jerubbaal, and Barak, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and rescued us out of the hand of our enemies round about, and ye dwelt in security.

Jeremiah 11:13For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to burn incense to Baal.

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:26-33

Gideon Overturns the Altar of Baal; Gideon Rescued from the Mob. ( b. c. 1249.) 25 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: 26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut… Read the whole commentary →

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