Judges 6:24
22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
23 But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25 On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
26 Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- KJV
- Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
- WEB
- Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it “The LORD is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- ASV
- Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- DARBY
- And Gideon built there an altar to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
- BLB
- And Gideon built there an altar to YHWH, and he called it YHWH-Shalom. To this day it [is] still in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
- ÅB
- Da bygget Gideon der et alter for Herren og kalte det: Herren er fred. Det står enda den dag idag i Abieser-slektens Ofra.
- OTB
- Gideon bygde et alter der for Herren og kalte det Herren er Fred. Til denne dag står det i Ofra av abiesrittene.
- B1930
- Da bygget Gideon der et alter for Herren og kalte det: Herren er fred. Det står ennu den dag idag i Abieser-ættens Ofra.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
Read in contextExodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
Read in contextEzekiel 48:35
The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
Read in contextJudges 8:32
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:16
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Read in contextJoshua 22:26–28
That is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.
Read in contextGenesis 33:20
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Read in contextJudges 21:4
The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
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