Study it in the app“Joash said to all who stood around him, “Are you going to contend for Baal? Or are you going to save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has torn down his altar.””
Joashיוֹאָשׁsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto allלְכֹלwhoאֲשֶׁרstoodעָמְדוּaround him,עָלָיו“Are youהַאַתֶּםgoing to contendתְּרִיבוּןfor Baal?לַבַּעַלOr are youאִם אַתֶּםgoing to save him?תּוֹשִׁיעוּן אוֹתוֹWhoeverאֲשֶׁרcontendsיָרִיבfor himלוֹshall be put to deathיוּמַתbyעַדmorning.הַבֹּקֶרIfאִםheהוּאis a god,אֱלֹהִיםlet him contendיָרֶבfor himself,לוֹbecauseכִּיsomeone has torn downנָתַץhis altar.”אֶת מִזְבְּחוֹ
Joash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amdu” appearsquarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “terivu” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appearssave
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “toshiu” appearsbe put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “yumat” appearsmorning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearstear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “natats” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbch” appears30The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal and has cut down the Asherah that was beside it.”
31 · This verse (above)
32So on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, “Let Baal contend with him, because he tore down his altar.”
