Bible Person

Jerubbesheth

Meaning: let the idol of confusion defend itself · Male · 1 cross reference

Jerubbesheth is a later form of Gideon's name used in 2 Samuel. The page should be read as a person-style entry for Gideon under a name-shifted tradition preserving memory within royal-period narrative. First appears in 2 Sam 11:21.1

AI summary: Jerubbesheth matters because his single cross reference keeps the memory of Gideon alive in a later narrative setting while reflecting the way names could be reshaped in transmission. The entry ties David's era back to the remembered judge who once challenged Baal's claim. Taken together, the material presents Jerubbesheth as Gideon remembered under a later naming form.1

Central Figure

Jerubbesheth

Meaning: let the idol of confusion defend itself

Contender with the shame; i.e., idol, a surname also of Gideon (2 Sam.