Gideon's naming the altar which he built, in commemoration of the words of peace spoken by the Angel, is very similar to what we read of Abraham ([…

Built an altar. — Altars, like the altar Ed (Joshua 22:34), built by the Transjordanic tribes, were not always intende…

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord
On the top of the rock where he had laid his provisions, and which ha…

Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet lived in obscurity during those times; he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was v…