Jehovah Shalom
“The LORD is peace”
Summary
The name Gideon gave to the altar he built in Ophrah after the angel of the LORD appeared to him and promised peace, meaning 'The LORD is peace.'
☩Gideon's Altar
Jehovah-Shalom ('The LORD is peace') was the name Gideon gave to an altar he erected in Ophrah after the divine angel appeared to him and performed miracles confirming his mission to deliver Israel from the Midianites (Judges 6:24). The name commemorates the LORD's greeting 'Peace be unto thee' when Gideon feared he would die after seeing the angel of the LORD. Where judgment for national backslidings might have been expected, God instead assured Gideon of peace and confirmed His promise that Gideon would conquer Midian. The altar was still standing in Ophrah at the time the account was written.
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References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jehovah-shalom," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.George Morrish, "Jehovahshalom," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jehovah Shalom," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).