“And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.”
But Joash said to all who were arrayed against him, 'Will you contend for Baal? Or will you defend him? Whoever contends for Baal shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down.' — Joash's defense of his son employs ironic logic: if Baal is truly divine, he can defend himself without human assistance. The conditional threat 'Whoever contends for Baal shall be put to death by morning' reverses the death sentence from Gideon to would-be Baal defenders.
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