Jerubbaal

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Jerubbaal is an alternate name for Gideon, the biblical judge and military leader who delivered Israel from Midianite oppression.

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Surface form Occurrences
Jerub-Baal 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
judge of Israel
military leader
appearsInWork Book of Judges NERFINISHED
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
Old Testament NERFINISHED
armySizeFinal 300 men
armySizeInitial 32000 men
associatedWithObject earthen jars
torches
trumpet
battleSite valley of Jezreel NERFINISHED
child Abimelech NERFINISHED
childCount seventy sons
clan Abiezrite NERFINISHED
concubineLocation Shechem NERFINISHED
ephodLocation Ophrah NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Israelites NERFINISHED
father Joash NERFINISHED
fatherResidence Ophrah of the Abiezrites NERFINISHED
gender male
hasAlternativeName Jerubbesheth NERFINISHED
hasGivenName Gideon NERFINISHED
knownFor delivering Israel from Midianite oppression
destroying his father’s altar to Baal
leading a small army against Midianites
tearing down the Asherah pole
madeObject ephod from gold earrings
militaryOpponent Amalekites NERFINISHED
Midianites NERFINISHED
people of the East
nameMeaning Let Baal contend
positionHeld judge of Israel
receivedDivineCallFrom Yahweh NERFINISHED
receivedMessageVia angel of the Lord
refusedTitle kingship over Israel
religiousTradition Christianity
Islamic tradition
Judaism
sameAs Gideon NERFINISHED
scripturalReference 2 Samuel 11:21
Judges 6
Judges 7 NERFINISHED
Judges 8 NERFINISHED
Judges 9:1-2
spouse unnamed wife in Ophrah
testedGodWith fleece signs
timePeriod period of the Judges
tribe tribe of Manasseh NERFINISHED
usedTactic night attack with trumpets and torches in jars

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Gideon alsoKnownAs Jerubbaal
Gideon alsoKnownAs Jerubbaal
this entity surface form: Jerub-Baal
Abimelech sonOf Jerubbaal