Judges 6 · Verse 24

Judges 6:24

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.
Judges 6:24, King James Version

Judges 6:24 in other translations

BSBSo Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
WEBThen Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it “The LORD is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
ASVThen Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
YLTAnd Gideon buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and calleth it Jehovah-Shalom, unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.
DARBYAnd Gideon built there an altar to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
BBEThen Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
WebsterThen Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: to this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

What does Judges 6:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:24-32
24-32. it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him--The transaction in which Gideon is here described as engaged was not entered on till the night after the vision.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Gideon built an altar - and called it Jehovah-shalom - The words יהוה שלום Yehovah shalom signify The Lord is my peace, or The peace of Jehovah; and this name he gave the altar, in reference to what God had said, Jdg 6:23, Peace be unto thee, שלום לך shalom lecha, "Peace to thee;" which implied, not only a wish, but a prediction of the prosperous issue of the enterprise in which he was about to engage. It is likely that this is the altar which is mentioned in Jdg 6:26, and is spoken of here merely by anticipation.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 6:11-24

Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel was with him. Gideon was weak in faith, which made it hard to reconcile the assurances of the presence of God with the distress to which Israel was brought. The Angel answered his objections. He told him to appear and act as…

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Judges 6:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּבֶן֩vai.yi.Venand he builtH1129
שָׁ֨םshamthereH8033
גִּדְע֤וֹןgid.'onGideonH1439
מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙miz.Be.achan altarH4196
לַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
וַיִּקְרָא\־vai.yik.ra'-and he calledH7121
ל֥וֹlo<to> <the> it
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
שָׁל֑וֹםsha.Lom[is] peaceH7965
עַ֚ד'aduntilH5704
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
עוֹדֶ֕נּוּo.De.nustill itH5750
בְּעָפְרָ֖תbe.'a.fe.Rat[is] in OphrahH6084
אֲבִ֥י'a.Viof [the] Abi-H33
הָעֶזְרִֽי\׃\ \פha.'ez.Ri<the> -ezrite[s]H33

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 6:24

  • Genesis 22:14

    And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

  • Exodus 17:15

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:

  • Ezekiel 48:35

    It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.

  • Judges 8:32

    And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

  • Jeremiah 33:16

    In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.

  • Joshua 22:26-28

    Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord. Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

  • Genesis 33:20

    And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.

  • Judges 21:4

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

  • Joshua 22:10

    And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

  • Jeremiah 23:6

    In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
built.
21:4; Ge 33:20; Jos 22:10,26-28
Jehovah-shalom. that is, The Lord send peace.
Ge 22:14; Ex 17:15; Jer 23:6; 33:16; Eze 48:35
Ophrah.
8:32

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Context

  • Judges 6:23

    And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

  • Judges 6:24

    Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

  • Judges 6:25

    And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:

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Judges 6:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y edificó allí Gedeón altar á Jehová, al que llamó Jehová-salom: está hasta hoy en Ophra de los Abiezeritas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Gédéon bâtit là un autel à l’ Éternel, et l’appela Jéhovah-Shalom. Jusqu’à ce jour il est encore à Ophra des Abiézerites.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Gideon baute daselbst Jehova einen Altar und nannte ihn: Jehova-Schalom Bis auf diesen Tag ist er noch zu Ophra der Abieseriter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ædificavit ergo ibi Gedeon altare Domino, vocavitque illud, Domini pax, usque in præsentem diem. Cumque adhuc esset in Ephra, quæ est familiæ Ezri,