John Gill Commentary Judges 6:32

"Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar." — Judges 6:32 (ASV)

Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal
That is, Joash called his son Gideon by that name; who, some think, is the same with Jerombalus, the priest of the god Jevo, or Jehovah; from whom Sanchoniatho, an ancient Phoenician writer, as Philo Byblius says ^F23 , received the principal things in his history respecting the Jews:

saying, let Baal plead against him, because he has thrown down his
altar ;
giving this as the reason of the name of Jerubbaal he called him by, which signifies, "let Baal plead"; let Baal plead his own cause, and avenge himself on Gideon for what he has done to him, and put him to death if he can.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: Apud Euseb. Evangel Praepar. l. 1. p. 31.