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Judges 6:31 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar!” "

Judges 6:31

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29 They said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” When they inquired and asked, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”

30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.”

31 Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar!”

32 Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.”

33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

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2 Chronicles 34:4

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1 Kings 16:7

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Judges 6:1

"The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years."

Judges 6:2

"The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds."

Judges 6:3

"So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them."

Judges 6:4

"They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey."

Judges 6:5

"For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it."

Judges 6:6

"Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD."

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