“And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.”
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house — Gideon returns to domestic life, bearing the epithet Jerubbaal ('Let Baal contend'). The irony cuts deep: the man who contended with Baal now makes an ephod that seduces Israel into idolatry.
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