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32 That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub Baal,[a] because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”

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  1. Judges 6:32 tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight” or “Let Baal defend himself.”

32 So because Gideon broke down Baal’s altar, they gave him the name Jerub-Baal[a](A) that day, saying, “Let Baal contend with him.”

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  1. Judges 6:32 Jerub-Baal probably means let Baal contend.