Judges 6:32 (ESV)ExpositionWho renamed Gideon? ShareInformationReading ListEnglishJudges 6:32 (ESV)32 Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar.Gideon’s father, Joash, gave him his new name. The text literally says, “And he called him on that day Jerub-Baal.”
32 Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar.