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Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it Yahweh-shalom: to this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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The Lord is Peace
Gideon named the altar "Jehovah-shalom," which means "The Lord is peace." Commentators explain this was his direct response to the angel's comforting words, "Peace be to you," after Gideon feared for his life. It was a personal declaration that the God who had just revealed His awesome power was also the source of his security and well-being.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 ([…
19th Century
Anglican
Built an altar. — Altars, like the altar Ed (Joshua 22:34), built by the Transjordanic tribes, were not always intende…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord On the top of the rock where he had laid his provisions, and which ha…
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