Judges 6:24 (YLT)

Passage

And Gideon buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and calleth it Jehovah-Shalom, unto this day it <FI>is<Fi> yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:22 And Gideon seeth that He <FI>is<Fi> a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'

Judges 6:23 And Jehovah saith to him, `Peace to thee; fear not; thou dost not die.'

Judges 6:24 And Gideon buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and calleth it Jehovah-Shalom, unto this day it <FI>is<Fi> yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.

Judges 6:25 And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith to him, `Take the young ox which <FI>is<Fi> to thy father, and the second bullock of seven years, and thou hast thrown down the altar of Baal which <FI>is<Fi> to thy father, and the shrine which <FI>is<Fi> by it thou dost cut down,

Judges 6:26 and thou hast built an altar to Jehovah thy God on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and hast taken the second bullock, and caused to ascend a burnt-offering with the wood of the shrine which thou cuttest down.'

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And Jehovah saith to him Peace to..." into verse 25's "And it cometh to pass on that...", so "gideon" and "buildeth" 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 "gideon" and "buildeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.