Judges 6:28
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.”
27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
29 “Who did this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”
30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
- KJV
- And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
- WEB
- When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
- ASV
- And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
- DARBY
- And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered up upon the altar that was built.
- BLB
- And the men of the city arose early in the morning, and behold, the altar of Baal was torn down, and the Asherah pole that [was] beside it was cut down, and the second bull was being offered on the altar—the built one.
- ÅB
- Da mennene i byen sto opp tidlig om morgenen, fikk de se at Ba'als alter var nedrevet, og at Astartebildet som sto ved siden av, var hugget ned, og at den andre okse var ofret på det alter som var bygget.
- OTB
- Om morgenen, da folkene i byen sto opp, fant de Baals alter revet ned, med Asjera-pålen ved siden av det hugget ned og den andre oksen ofret på det nybygde alteret.
- B1930
- Da mennene i byen stod op tidlig om morgenen, fikk de se at Ba'als alter var nedrevet, og at Astarte-billedet som stod ved siden av, var hugget ned, og at den andre okse var ofret på det alter som var bygget.