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Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
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The Madness of Idolatry
Commentators note the shocking state of the Israelites. Their own law commanded death for idolaters, yet they demanded death for Gideon, who destroyed an idol. One scholar describes them as "strangely mad and infatuated," highlighting how deeply false worship had corrupted their sense of justice and reversed God's commands.
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19th Century
Anglican
The men of the city said to Joash. —It is difficult to conceive that these could have been Israelites ().
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the men of the city said to Joash The principal inhabitants of the place met together, and in a body went to Jo…
Presbyterian
See the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a deliverer, from the family…
