2 Chron. xx. 16.JERUBBAAL. Gideon was surnamed thus after he had destroyed Baal’s grove, and his father had replied to those, who complained of this action, that it was Baal’s business to take revenge for it. Judg. vi. 31, 32. From hence Sanchoniathon has borrowed his Jerombaal, Priest of the God Jao. Euseb. Præpar. l. 1. See GIDEON.
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