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17 Then he used to return to Ramah, for that was his home. There, too, he judged Israel and built an altar to the Lord.(A)

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17 But he always went back to Ramah,(A) where his home was, and there he also held court(B) for Israel. And he built an altar(C) there to the Lord.

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24 So Gideon built there an altar to the Lord and called it Yahweh-shalom.[a](A) To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:24 Yahweh-shalom: a reference to the Lord’s words, “You are safe” (v. 23), lit., “Peace be to you!”

24 So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called(A) it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah(B) of the Abiezrites.

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