Encyclopedia entry
Jerubbesheth
Contender with the shame; i.e., idol, a surname also of Gideon (2 Sam. 11:21).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(contender with the shame), a name of Gideon. (2 Samuel 11:21)
In the Bible
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Verses where Jerubbesheth is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Samuel 11:21
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
Scripture on Jerubbesheth
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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