And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
Jerubbaal ... went and dwelt in his own house. Bochart conjectures that Gideon is the person meant by Sanchoniathon, the Phoenician historian, under the name of Jerombaal, priest of the god Jao, not only from the close resemblance of this name to that of Jerubbaal, but from the circumstance that, consequent upon the death of Gideon, the Israelites adopted the worship of Baal berith, which he takes to have been the idol of Berith (Berytus, now Beyrout) where Sanchoniathon resided.