“Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.”
Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, 'Let Baal contend against him,' because he broke down his altar. — The name Jerubbaal (יְרֻבַּעַל, 'Let Baal contend') becomes Gideon's commemorative title, indicating that his Baalism-destruction became his defining act. The name itself encodes Joash's ironic challenge to Baal to defend himself.
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