Judges 6:24 (DBY)

Passage

And Gideon built there an altar to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:22 And Gideon perceived that he was an angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! for because I have seen an angel of Jehovah face to face

Judges 6:23 And Jehovah said to him, Peace be unto thee: fear not; thou shalt not die.

Judges 6:24 And Gideon built there an altar to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

Judges 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said to him, Take the young bullock, which thy father hath, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;

Judges 6:26 and build an altar to Jehovah thy God upon the top of this strong place in the ordered manner, and take the second bullock, and offer up a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah that thou shalt cut down.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "gideon", "built", "altar", "jehovah", "jehovah-shalom", "ophrah", and "abi-ezrites". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "gideon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And Jehovah said to him Peace be..." into verse 25's "And it came to pass the same...", so "called" and "gideon" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "gideon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.