People of the Bible

Jerubbesheth

The name Jerubbesheth means “let the idol of confusion defend itself.” Jerubbesheth is mentioned in 1 verse of the Bible, first in 2 Samuel 11:21.

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Who was Jerubbesheth?

Contender with the shame; i.e., idol, a surname also of Gideon (2 Sam. 11:21).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Jerubbesheth

  • 2 Samuel 11:21

    Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.