“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.”
Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it, The LORD is peace. It still stands at Ophrah, of the Abiezrites. — Gideon's construction of an altar named 'The LORD is peace' (יְהוָה שָׁלוֹם) commemorates the divine encounter and transforms the location into a sanctuary. The note 'it still stands at Ophrah, of the Abiezrites' suggests that the narrator is addressing readers familiar with the site's contemporary location.
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