Bible Strands
Judges 6:24
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Gideon acts, not the angel. He is at Ophrah, immediately after the angel's greeting of peace (6:23) and before the command to demolish Baal's altar (6:25).
The words — Shalom (H7965) is the same word the angel just spoke in 6:23; Gideon takes the divine greeting and fixes it into a place-name.
The thread — The pattern of naming a place after a divine encounter recurs in Genesis 22:14 (Yahweh Yireh) and Exodus 17:15 (Yahweh Nissi), each with a "to this day" coda. Gideon's burial in Ophrah (Judges 8:32) ties his life to this same location.
Why it lands — Gideon's response to a theophany is not prayer or weeping but construction: he builds something public and gives it a name that declares what God did. The "to this day" clause is a claim that the encounter produced a durable mark, not a fleeting feeling.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.
Cross-references
- Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
- Exodus 17:15 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- Judges 8:32 Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Ezekiel 48:35 The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
- Jeremiah 33:16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Genesis 33:20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
- Joshua 22:10 And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
- Joshua 22:26 That is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.
- Judges 21:4 The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
- Jeremiah 23:6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.