Judges 6:30

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the townspeople said to Joash, “Bring out your son so that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the sacred pole beside it.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 26:11

Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”

Jeremiah 50:38

A drought against her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they go mad over idols.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.

Acts 26:9

“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Philippians 3:6

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

Judges 6:29

So they said to one another, “Who has done this?” After searching and inquiring, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”

Judges 6:31

But Joash said to all who were arrayed against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you defend his cause? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been pulled down.”