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 15:18

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ²  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ³ 

Judges 18:9

18:9 They said, “Come on, let’s attack them, ⁴  for ⁵  we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, ⁶  but don’t hesitate ⁷  to invade and conquer ⁸  the land.

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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 “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

³ tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.

⁴ tn Heb “Arise, and let us go up against them.”

⁵ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX adds “we entered and walked around in the land as far as Laish and.”

⁶ tn Heb “But you are inactive.”

⁷ tn Or “be lazy.”

⁸ tn Heb “to go”; “to enter”; “to possess.”