Discovery BoxJudges 6:24 
Context6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” 1 To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges 6:30
Context6:30 The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so we can execute him! 2 He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”
Judges 6:32
Context6:32 That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub-Baal, 3 because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”
Judges 13:20
Context13:20 As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord’s messenger went up in it 4 while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown 5 to the ground.
1 tn Heb “The
2 tn Heb “and let him die.” The jussive form with vav after the imperative is best translated as a purpose clause.
3 tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub-Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight!”
4 tn Heb “in the flame from the altar.”
5 tn Heb “on their faces.”
