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Forty Years of Peace

Judges 8:29

In 11 translations

BSB
and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.Jerubbaal is another name for Gideon and probably means let Baal contend; also in verse 35; see Judges 6:32.
KJV
¶ And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
WEB
Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
ASV
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
LSV
And Jerubba‘al son of Joash goes and dwells in his own house,
YLT
And Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house,
DBY
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his house.
DRC
So Jerobaal the son of Joas went, and dwelt in his own house.
GNV
Then Ierubbaal the sonne of Ioash went, and dwelt in his owne house.
JPS
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
LXXE
And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ יְרֻבַּ֥עַל בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἱεροβάαλ υἱὸς Ἰωὰς, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.

Who and where

👤 Gideon👤 Joash◆ Usurpation by Abimelech

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Judges 6:32So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
  • Judges 7:1Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
  • 1 Samuel 12:11So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
  • Nehemiah 5:14–15Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food…

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