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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 6:24

There — On the top of the rock, as is evident from Judges 6:26, where that which is here expressed only in general, is more particularly described. Jehovah — shalom — That is, the Lord's peace; the sign or witness of God's speaking peace to me, and to his people: or the place where he spake peace to me, when I expected nothing but destruction.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 24. _GIDEON BUILT AN ALTAR - AND CALLED IT JEHOVAH-SHALOM_] The words יהוה שלום _Yehovah shalom_ signify _The Lord is my peace_, or _The peace of Jehovah_; and this name he gave the altar, in r...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Gideon’s naming the altar which he built, in commemoration of the words of peace spoken by the Angel, is very similar to what we read of Abraham Genesis 22:14, and of Moses (Exodus 17:15, when he name...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGES 6:11. On the angel of Yahweh see Judges 2:1; Genesis 16:7 *. For oak read terebinth. While the primitive Semites were animists, the Israelites came to associate Yahweh's own presence with sacre...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JEHOVAH-SHALOM. Jehovah [gives] peace. One of the Jehovah titles. See App-4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _built an altar there_ where the Deity had appeared; the patriarchs observed this custom, see Genesis 12:7; Genesis 26:25; Genesis 35:1. The altar with its name _Jehovah is peace_, i.e. _well-disposed...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The call of Gideon_. Sequel of 2 6a 11. _the angel of the Lord_ i.e. Jehovah Himself in manifestation; see on Judges 2:1. Closely parallel are the appearances in Judges 13:3-23 and Genesis 18 J; the...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GIDEON BUILT AN ALTAR— Upon the rock where this miracle happened. This altar was not for sacrifice, which would have been directly contrary to the law; but as a memorial of the vision with which God h...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE ANGEL OF GOD SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE THE FLESH AND THE UNLEAVENED CAKES, AND LAY THEM UPON THIS ROCK, AND POUR OUT THE BROTH. AND HE DID SO._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUILT AN ALTAR. — Altars, like the altar Ed (Joshua 22:34), built by the Transjordanic tribes, were not always intended for purposes of sacrifices, but to witness some great event or Divine appearance...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּבֶן֩ שָׁ֨ם גִּדְעֹ֤ון מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַֽ י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    FACE TO FACE WITH THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH Judges 6:19 Gideon realized the momentous character of that interview. He only wanted to be sure that it was no dream or fancy, and so hence the proposal of the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Jehovah Shalom, means the Lord our Peace. As if he had said, The Lord is at peace with me. It is the title which in that very spot Gideon desired ever after to know his God by. And is it not so by the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN GIDEON BUILT AN ALTAR THERE UNTO THE LORD,.... On the top of the rock where he had laid his provisions, and which had been consumed by fire issuing out of it, as a token of divine acceptance, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Ver. 24. _And called it Jehovah-shalom,_] i.e., The Lord of peace,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _There rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh _ By which he showed himself not to be a man that needed such provisions, but the Son of God; and by this instance of his omnipotency, gave...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom ("The Lord is peace"); UNTO THIS DAY IT IS YET IN OPHRAH OF THE ABIEZRITES. This altar was not to serve for sacrifices, but...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARS TO GIDEON...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    JEHOVAHSHALOM: that is, The LORD send peace...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel w...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THERE, to wit, on the top of the rock, as is evident from JUDGES 6:20, and especially from JUDGES 6:26, where that which is here expressed only in general, and by anticipation, is more particularly de...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 6:24 Gideon H1439 built H1129 (H8799) altar H4196 LORD H3068 called H7121 (H8799) Peace H3073 day...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it Yahweh-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.' In gratitude Gideon built an altar to Yahweh, calling it ‘Yahweh is peace...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _There came an Angel of the Lord _. .. _ Gideon threshed wheat._ GIDEON’S ANGELIC VISITOR I. That a man, when actively and unostentatiously doing his duty, is best fitted for the reception of heaven...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:24 TO THIS DAY. See note on Josh. 4:9. The ABIEZRITES were part of the tribe of Manasseh that settled west of the Jordan River ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CHAPTER 6.—_Judges 6:11_ THE UNSEEN FRIEND CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:11. THERE CAME AN ANGEL OF THE LORD.] Rather, “_the angel of the Lord came_.” The reference being to one particular person known a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 6:11 AN ANGEL, etc. Rather, the _angel of the Lord_,_ _otherwise called "the angel of his presence" (Isaiah 63:9). In Judges 6:14,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 17:15; Ezekiel 48:35; Genesis 22:14; Genesis 33:20; Jeremiah

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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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