King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. As he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”
Judges 8:35 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional and they did not exhibit loyalty to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither did they show kindness to the family of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in return for all the good which he had done for Israel. American Standard Version (1901) neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel. Common English Bible Nor did they act loyally toward the household of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in return for all the good that he had done on Israel’s behalf. Catholic Public Domain Version Neither did they show mercy to the house of Jerubbaal Gideon, in accord with all the good that he had done for Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither did they shew mercy to the house of Jerobaal Gedeon, according to all the good things he had done to Israel. |
King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. As he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”
Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he pulled down his altar.
Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's kinsfolk and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,
He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone; but Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, for he hid himself.