6:23 The Lord said to him, “You are safe! 1 Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”
6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” 2 To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
1 tnHeb “Peace to you.” For a similar use of this idiom to introduce a reassuring word, see Gen 43:23.
2 tnHeb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.”