Judges 6:32

6:32 That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub-Baal, ¹  because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”

Judges 6:1

Oppression and Confrontation

6:1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, ²  so the Lord turned them over to ³  Midian for seven years.

Judges 12:11

12:11 After him Elon the Zebulunite led ⁴  Israel for ten years. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub-Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight!”

² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

³ tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”

³ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

⁴ tn Heb “…led Israel. He led Israel for ten years.”