Judges 6:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom:g unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. ”

Judges 6:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gideon’s naming the altar which he built, in commemoration of the words of peace spoken by the Angel, is very similar to what we read of Abraham Genesis 22:14 , and of Moses ( Exodus 17:15 , when...
Judges 6:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:11 . On the angel of Yahweh see Judges 2:1 ; Genesis 16:7 *. For oak read terebinth. While the primitive Semites were animists, the Israelites came to associate Yahweh's own presence w...
Judges 6:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jehovah-shalom. Jehovah [gives] peace. One of the Jehovah titles. See App-4.
Judges 6:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Gideon built an altar - and called it Jehovah-shalom - The words יה...
Judges 6:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Gideon built an altar— Upon the rock where this miracle happened. This altar was not for sacrifice, which would have been directly contrary to the law; but as a memorial of the vision with which Go...
Judges 6:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 6:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gideon and the Midianites The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33 , is more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details, it would appear that different...
Judges 6:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Built an altar. — Altars, like the altar Ed ( Joshua 22:34 ), built by the Transjordanic tribes, were not always intended for purposes of sacrifices, but to witness some great event or Divine appea...
Judges 6:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GIDEON, ICONOCLAST AND REFORMER Judges 6:15-32 "The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour":-so has the prophetic salutation come to the young man at the threshing floor of Ophrah. It is...
Judges 6:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Face to Face with the Angel of Jehovah Judges 6:19-27 Gideon realized the momentous character of that interview. He only wanted to be sure that it was no dream or fancy, and so hence the propos...
Judges 6:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible p...
Judges 6:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jehovah Shalom, means the Lord our Peace. As if he had said, The Lord is at peace with me. It is the title which in that very spot Gideon desired ever after to know his God by. And is it not so by th...
Judges 6:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord ,.... On the top of the rock where he had laid his provisions, and which had been consumed by fire issuing out of it, as a token of divine acceptance,...
Judges 6:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Ver. 24. And called it Jehovah-shalom, ] i.e., The Lord of peace...
Judges 6:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh By which he showed himself not to be a man that needed such provisions, but the Son of God; and by this instance of his omnipotency, gave...
Judges 6:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN (vv.1-10) However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord. This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression which lasted seven ye...
Judges 6:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Call of Gideon. B. C. 1249. 11 And there came an angel of the L ORD , and sat under...
Judges 6:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There, to wit, on the top of the rock, as is evident from Judges 6:20 , and especially from Judges 6:26 , where that which is here expressed only in general, and by anticipation, is more part...
Judges 6:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it Yahweh-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.' In gratitude Gideon built an altar to Yahweh, calling it ‘Yahweh is...
Judges 6:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 6.— Judges 6:11-24 THE UNSEEN FRIEND CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 6:11 . There came an angel of the Lord. ] Rather, “ the angel of the Lord came .” The reference being to one particular per...
Judges 6:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were...
Judges 6:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:1 . The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian, the descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2 . Judges 6:3 . The children o...
Judges 6:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

There came an Angel of the Lord . .. Gideon threshed wheat. Gideon’s angelic visitor I. That a man, when actively and unostentatiously doing his duty, is best fitted for the reception of hea...
Judges 6:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 6:11 An angel , etc. Rather, the angel of the Lord , otherwise called "the angel of his presence" ( Isaiah 63:9 ). In Judges 6:14 , Judges 6:16 , Judges 6:23 , for...
Judges 6:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Angel of the Lord Appears to Gideon
Judges 6:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 17:15 ; Ezekiel 48:35 ; Genesis 22:14 ; Genesis 33:20 ; Jeremiah 23:6 ; Jeremiah 33:16 ; Joshua 22:10 ; Joshua 22:26-28 ; Judges 21:4 ; Judges 8:32
Judges 6:24 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Gideon's Call to Conquest Judges 6:11-40 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men calling them to special service. Such a call came to Gideon,...
Judges 6:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

There — On the top of the rock, as is evident from Judges 6:26 , where that which is here expressed only in general, is more particularly described. Jehovah — shalom — That is, the Lord's peace; t...

Judges 6:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 6:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 6:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 6:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 6:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 6:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 6:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 6:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 6:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 6:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 6:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 6:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 6:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 6:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 6:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 6:24 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 6:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes