Judges 6:32
Context6:32 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
Context15:18 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
Context18:9 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.
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.”