Jerubbesheth

• Judges 6:28–29 has the men of the city inquire and say, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing”, and 6:32 says, “Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, ‘Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.’” The Korean Revised Version reads 그 날에 기드온을 여룹바알이라 하였으니.
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  • JDG 6:28–32, engwebp

    ²⁸When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.

    ²⁹They 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.”

    ³⁰Then 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.”

    ³¹Joash 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!”

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

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• Judges 9:1 names “Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal”, and 9:50–55 says that Abimelech went to Thebez and took it; there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there; Abimelech came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire, and a certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull; he called hastily to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, that men not say of me, ‘A woman killed him’”, and his young man thrust him through, and he died.
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  • JDG 9:1–6, engwebp

    ¹Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

    ²“Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”

    ³His mother’s brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words. Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, “He is our brother.”

    ⁴They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows who followed him.

    ⁵He went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

    ⁶All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together with all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

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  • JDG 9:50–55, engwebp

    ⁵⁰Then Abimelech went to Thebez and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

    ⁵¹But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.

    ⁵²Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

    ⁵³A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.

    ⁵⁴Then he called hastily to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, that men not say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ His young man thrust him through, and he died.”

    ⁵⁵When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.

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• 2 Samuel 11:21 gives, in Joab’s charge to the messenger, the words the king may say if his wrath arises: “Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez?” The Korean Revised Version reads 성에서 where WEB has “from the wall”.
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  • 2SA 11:18–25, engwebp

    ¹⁸Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

    ¹⁹and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

    ²⁰it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?

    ²¹Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”

    ²²So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

    ²³The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field; and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.

    ²⁴The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

    ²⁵Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him.”

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Judges 6:32 gives Gideon the name Jerub-Baal (“on that day he named him Jerub-Baal”), and Judges 9:1 calls Abimelech “the son of Jerubbaal”; 2 Samuel 11:21, in Joab’s words, names “Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth”. Both editions read 여룹베셋 / Jerubbesheth at 2 Samuel 11:21 and 여룹바알 / Jerubbaal in Judges. This collection records the Abimelech and the Thebez of Joab’s words under the entries Judges holds, and gives the name of 11:21 an entry of its own; it does not decide whether Jerubbesheth and Jerubbaal are one man.