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Verse Judges 6:32. _HE CALLED HIM JERUBBAAL_] That is, _Let Baal
contend_; changed, 2 Samuel 11:21, into _Jerubbesheth, he shall
contend against confusion or shame_; thus changing _baal, lord_, into...
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HE CALLED HIM - i. e. “He was called” Jerubbaal, as being the
person against whom it was popularly said that Baal might strive. See
margin....
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4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_
2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7)
3. Gideon, the deliv...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALTAR OF BAAL. We have seen that after the
Conquest Yahweh was reverently and innocently called the Baal (Lord)
of the land, and that loyal Israelites gave their children Baal n...
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JERUBBAAL. Let Baal plead. 1 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 11:21....
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_on that day he called him Jerubbaal_ Or with a slight change, _he was
called_; in consequence of the foregoing episode the people give
Gideon a new name. This is explained to mean -Let Baal contend a...
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_Gideon overthrows the altar of Baal and receives the name
Jerub-baal_. This story has no connexion with the preceding narrative
Judges 6:11-24; for after Gideon had built the altar Jehovah-shalom
(Ju...
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HE CALLED HIM JERUBBAAL— Houbigant renders this, and perhaps more
nearly to the Hebrew, _Nomen fecerunt ei Jerubbaal; On that day they
gave him the name of Jerubbaal;_ for he supposes, that his countr...
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_The Call of Giedon Judges 6:11-35_
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...
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_THEREFORE ON THAT DAY HE CALLED HIM JERUBBAAL, SAYING, LET BAAL PLEAD
AGAINST HIM, BECAUSE HE HATH THROWN DOWN HIS ALTAR._
Therefore ... he called him - not Joash, but the people, so that it is
equi...
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Other names compounded with Baal ('lord,' used as equivalent to
Jehovah) exist, viz. Ishbaal and Meribbaal. For 'Baal,' 'bosheth'
(shame) is at times substituted by later scribes (2 Samuel 11:21). See...
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GIDEON AND THE MIDIANITES
The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is
more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details,
it would appear that different traditi...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most
important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the
ideal judge like Mose...
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HE CALLED HIM. — Rather, _people called him, he got the name of._
The phrase is impersonal. (_Vocatus est,_ Vulg.; _hiess man ihn,_
Luther.)
JERUBBAAL. — The name meant, “Let Baal strive;” but might a...
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וַ יִּקְרָא ־לֹ֥ו בַ † יֹּום ־הַ...
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GIDEON, ICONOCLAST AND REFORMER
Judges 6:15
"The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour":-so has the
prophetic salutation come to the young man at the threshing floor of
Ophrah. It is a persona...
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BEGINNING REFORM AT HOME
Judges 6:28
The good sense of Joash saved his son. “Of what use is Baal to
us,” said he, “if he cannot take care of himself?” Gideon had
stood the divine test; can you wonder...
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After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment.
The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of
the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
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When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into
the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and
Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
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CHAPTER VI.
Altar. Protestants, "Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal,
saying, let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his
altar." Septuagint (Alexandrian) says that he then...
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Jerub-baal, that is, let Baal plead....
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and
He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel
cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
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THEREFORE ON THAT DAY HE CALLED HIM JERUBBAAL,.... That is, Joash
called his son Gideon by that name; who, some think, is the same with
Jerombalus, the priest of the god Jevo, or Jehovah; from whom
Sa...
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_He called his name Jerubbaal_ That is, _Let Baal plead._ The meaning
is, either that Joash called Gideon so, Judges 8:1, in remembrance of
this noble exploit, and to put a brand on Baal; or that his...
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1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian.
8 A prophet rebuketh them.
11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance.
17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire.
24 Gideon destroyet...
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GIDEON GRANTED SPECIAL SIGNS...
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Therefore on that day he, Joash, called him, Gideon, JERUBBAAL ("Let
Baal plead his case"), SAYING, LET BAAL PLEAD AGAINST HIM, BECAUSE HE
HATH THROWN DOWN HIS ALTAR. This brought the incident to a cl...
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THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN
(vv.1-10)
However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord.
This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression
which lasted seven years...
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25-32 See the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a
reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a
deliverer, out of the family of a leader in idolatry. Gideon must not
th...
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HE CALLED HIM, i.e. Joash called _Gideon_ so, JUDGES 7:1, in
remembrance of this noble exploit, and to put a brand upon Baal....
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Judges 6:32 day H3117 called H7121 (H8799) Jerubbaal H3378 saying H559
(H8800) Baal H1168 plead H7378 ...
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‘ Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, “Let Baal
plead against him, because he has broken down his altar.” '
Joash was a man of remarkable good sense who probably had little faith
in...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon.
CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon,
prophet, Joash.
CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest
ser...
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Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the
descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for
seven years. Genesis 25:2.
Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
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_Throw down the altar of Baal._
BAAL’S ALTAR DESTROYED
1. Observe God’s command to Gideon. He had been hitherto protesting
against the idolatry of his family and country by a life of
opposition, inas...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought
the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions
(Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:32 Gideon’s new name, JERUBBAAL, meant
“Let Baal contend,” echoing Joash’s mockery of those who trusted
in Baal (v. Judges 6:31). With this name, Gideon bec
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CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:24_
THE REMOVAL OF THE BARRIER TO DELIVERANCE
CRITICAL NOTES.—one thing must be scrupulously gone about, ere a
step can be taken to secure the much-needed emancipation of the land...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:25
THE SAME NIGHT, etc. The iron was hot; it was time to strike. As
regards what follows, there are two ways of understanding the verse.
One, that of the A.V; supposes that only o...
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So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six,
AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the
han...
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1 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 11:21; Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13...
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GIDEON'S CALL TO CONQUEST
Judges 6:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men
calling them to special service.
Such a call came to Gideon, and ther...
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He called — Joash called Gideon so, Judges 8:29, in remembrance of
this noble exploit, and to put a brand upon Baal. Jerub — baal —
That is, Let Baal plead. It is a probable conjecture, that that
Jero...