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Judges 6:30

BaalJoash

28 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.”

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.”

31 But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”

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.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
WEB
Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.”
ASV
Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.
DARBY
And the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
BLB
And the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has torn down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah pole that [was] beside it.”
ÅB
Da sa mennene i byen til Joas: Før din sønn ut, han skal dø! Han har revet ned Ba'als alter, og han har omhugget Astartebildet som sto ved siden av.
OTB
Byens folk krevde av Joasj: “Bring ut din sønn. Han må dø fordi han har revet ned Baals alter og hugget ned Asjera-pålen ved siden av det.”
B1930
Da sa mennene i byen til Joas: Før din sønn ut, han skal dø! Han har revet ned Ba'als alter, og han har omhugget Astarte-billedet som stod ved siden av.

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Cross references

  • Acts 26:9

    So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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  • Philippians 3:6

    as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

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  • John 16:2

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

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  • Jeremiah 26:11

    Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”

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  • Jeremiah 50:38

    A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

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