Albert Barnes Commentary Judges 6:24

Albert Barnes Commentary

Judges 6:24

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Judges 6:24

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites." — Judges 6:24 (ASV)

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 (Genesis 22:14), and of Moses (Exodus 17:15, when he named the altar Jehovah-nissi).