Judges 6:30-32
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
30 So the townspeople said to Joash, “Bring out your son that he may die, for he has dismantled the altar of Baal and cut down the asherah that was beside it.” 31 But Joash replied to all who were standing around him, “Is it for you to take action for Baal, or be his savior? Anyone who takes action for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him act for himself,(A) since his altar has been dismantled!” 32 So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal,[a](B) because of the words, “Let Baal take action against him, since he dismantled his altar.”
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- 6:32 Jerubbaal: similar in sound to the Hebrew words meaning, “Let Baal take action.”
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