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Jerubbaal, Or Jerubbaal

(contender with Baal), the surname of Gideon, which he acquired in consequence of destroying the altar of Baal, when his father defended him from the vengeance of the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:32)

In the Bible

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Verses where Jerubbaal, Or Jerubbaal is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Samuel 12:11

    So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

  • Judges 6:32

    So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.

  • Judges 7:1

    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

  • Judges 8:29

    and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.

  • Judges 8:35

    They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.

  • Judges 9:1

    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

+7 more verses naming Jerubbaal, Or Jerubbaal.

Scripture on Jerubbaal, Or Jerubbaal

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Jerubbaal, Or Jerubbaal references

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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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