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Judges 6:24 KJV
Judges · chapter 6 · verse 24
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Judges 6:24 · King James Version
Judges 6:24 in context
22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
23And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
26And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
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Key words (Strong's)
- JehovahshalomYᵉhôvâh shâlôwmJehovah-Shalom, a symbolical name of an altar in PalestineH3073 →
- GideonGidʻôwnGidon, an IsraeliteH1439 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- OphrahʻOphrâhOphrah, the name of an Israelite and of two places in PalestineH6084 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
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It is not said what effect the prophet's sermon had upon the people, but we may hope it had a good effect, and that some of them at least repented and reformed upon it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-24