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A Name as a Public Challenge
Commentators agree that Gideon's new name, Jerubbaal, means "Let Baal contend" or "Let Baal plead." This name, given after he destroyed the altar, served as a public and ongoing challenge. As Matthew Henry notes, it was a dare for Baal to avenge himself, which powerfully demonstrated the idol's impotence when it failed to act.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 6:32
18th Century
Theologian
He called him: that is, “He was called” Jerubbaal, as being the person against whom it was popularly said that Baal might strive. See margin…
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 6:32
19th Century
Bishop
He called him. —Rather, people called him, he got the name of. The phrase is impersonal. (Vocatus est, Vulgate; …
John Gill
On Judges 6:32
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal
That is, Joash called his son Gideon by that name; who, some think, is…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 6:25–32
17th Century
Minister
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…