What is the significance of switching from Gideon to Jerubbaal? Once (just before he selects his men for battle) he is called "Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon)" Then it's back to Gideon until the summary of his life when the author confusingly transitions back and forth from Jerubbaal After his death, the name Gideon disappears from the text Even in the book of Samuel, he's named Jerubbaal
What does Gideons new name, Jerub-baal, mean? In Septuaginta Judges 7:1 the word used is Ιεροβααλ that could be translated Yahweh (Ie) speaks contends answers (ero) to Baal or the other way around A parallel can be found in the word ιερέας being the people who talk to Yahweh So then, given Gedeon is being instrumental in this contest, this name totally makes sense
contradiction - How many sons did Jerub-Baal have? - Biblical . . . The problem of Jotham Perhaps Jotham was a brother from the same concubine as Abimelech Abimelech may have actually intended to kill him also, but Jotham escaped Even Jotham counts 70 sons that were killed of Jerub-baal: Judges 9:18 - [Jotham speaking] - And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made
Does Psalm 51:5 indicate that David was the illegitimate son of Jesse . . . The child of David and Uriah's wife, who died because of his parents' sin, following Nathan's prophecy, and on whose account the psalm was written to begin with, was born illegitimately It would appear David is making supplications in his son's name At any rate, the psalm speaks, more generally, of the sinful condition of mankind, with similar passages being found in Job and Isaiah
In Judges 11:39-40 did Jephthah actually sacrifice his daughter? In support of the human sacrifice theory, Kaiser in Hard Sayings of the Bible says: People, even servants of God, do horrid things This era was very corrupt and there is no reason to see Jephthah as substantially different than his contemporaries The sacrifice of his daughter is the most natural way to interpret the text Gleason Archer (who opposes this view) states that the term for "burnt
Why doesnt Evangelist Matthew mention his original name? Gideon Jerubbaal Solomon Jedidiah Jethro Reuel Esther Hadassah Even in modern times, when a name is transferred to another language, it often alters somewhat Take the very common name, "Peter" This becomes: Πέτρος (Petros) in the original Greek Pieter, Petrus in Afrikaans بطرس (Boutros) in Arabic Петър (Petər) in Bulgarian
textual criticism - Can we determine the language (s) the author of . . . When you know that Jerubbaal = Gideon and that the list in Samuel was intended to show that a king was superfluous to God's plan, which is why he excluded David, the lists are even closer Finally, we know that Samson was present in the list of 1 st Samuel 12:11 as rendered by the Targum (Aramaic) and Peshitta (Syriac) Is it legitimate to: